Guwahati, April 10 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT)'s principal bench has inquired the Assam Government and the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) on the Environmental Clearance (EC) for Assam Police commando camps built on Hailakandi forest land.

According to The Indian Express, the directive stems from the Environment Ministry's finding last year that the construction activities were against the Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Adhiniyam, as the authority did not obtain any mandatory prior approvals from the Central government.

Following the development, the NGT bench presided by Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava, along with Judicial Member Justice Sudhir Agarwal and Expert Member A Senthil Vel, iss...