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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) ordered the Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) to recover Rs 1.2 crore as environmental compensation from a private contractor for illegally mining morrum during the construction of the Bhadrak-Nirgundi third railway line.
The NGT's east zone bench in Kolkata, in a directive issued on May 2, emphasised the firm's repeated violations of environmental norms, stated reports from The Times of India.
A joint committee formed by the NGT confirmed the illegal extraction of morrum and laterite in Tangi-Choudwar tehsil, Cuttack district, after investigating a petition filed by local residents....