Ludhiana, Nov. 7 -- A fresh controversy has erupted over the construction of another retaining wall along the Buddha Nullah near the Shivpuri bridge, with environmental activists accusing the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation (MC) of ignoring a case pending before the National Green Tribunal (NGT).

Members of a non-government organisation (NGO) - Public Action Committee (PAC) - have alleged that the civic body has resumed construction despite the plea, filed by it, already being heard by the NGT. The tribunal had earlier formed a joint committee comprising officials from the ministry of environment, forest and climate change (Chandigarh), the Punjab Pollution Control Board, the department of water resources and the Ludhiana district adminis...