India, Oct. 14 -- The Centre has reconstituted two key environmental clearance (EC) bodies of Delhi, a year after their terms ended, officials said on Monday.

The State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) and State Level Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC), whose tenure ended on September 5 last year, have been reconstituted for a period of three years, a gazette notification dated October 9 stated.

In May this year, a private builder had approached the National Green Tribunal (NGT), complaining that due to the dissolution of the two bodies which issue EC in Delhi, projects are getting delayed.

Both the SEIAA and SEAC are tasked with examining all construction projects that require environmental clearance under the 2006...