India, Aug. 7 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on August 4, took suo motu cognisance of the alleged illegal quarrying behind the Tata Memorial Hospital's Advanced Centre for Treatment and Education in Cancer (ACTREC) in Navi Mumbai. The NGT took up the matter at its own initiative following news reports, triggered by complaints from residents, activists and the hospital authorities.

The principal bench of the NGT in Delhi said that the quarrying matter suggests that it violated the Maharashtra Minor Mineral Rules, the Mineral Conservation and Development Rules, and the Environment (Protection) Act.

The NGT directed the Raigad collector, the state pollution control board, the Nagpur directorate of geology and mining, and the Navi Mum...