MARGAO, May 5 -- Team Herald

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a Rs 5,000 cost on the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) for its failure to provide essential information in the ongoing Borim bridge case. This action highlights the NGT's growing impatience with delays that continue to plague the legal challenge brought by concerned local farmers.

The NGT's order, dated April 23, 2025, reveals the tribunal's clear frustration. The MoEFCC had been directed to submit its opinion on whether the bridge project, if exceeding 150,000 square metres, would fall under category 8(b) of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006 - a classification that would mandate environmental clearance.

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