India, Aug. 6 -- New Delhi

State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) and State Level Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC), two bodies that provide environmental clearances in Delhi, are yet to be reconstituted almost a year since their tenure ended, thereby leading to a delay in clearances, a builder informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT).

In an affidavit filed with the NGT on July 31, the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) admitted that the state cannot currently issue environmental clearances as the two authorities remain defunct. Meanwhile, the Union environment ministry will provide clearances, it said.

The matter came to the fore on a plea filed by builder TARC Projects Ltd in May, alleging that the tenure...