India, July 25 -- Construction of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Mizoram campus at Lengpui near Aizawl will resume after a six-year halt, an official statement issued by the government on Friday said.

The Mizoram government has deposited a penalty of Rs.1.4 crore to the appropriate office of the union forest ministry, and construction will resume soon, the statement added.

The permanent NIT campus project was stalled in 2017 after the Centre for Environment Protection filed a complaint with the National Green Tribunal (NGT), citing unauthorised use of the Tlawng Riverine Reserve Forest without mandatory clearance under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980.

NIT Mizoram, which opened in 2010, currently functions from a tempora...