New Delhi, May 31 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has said it cannot proceed with the issue of alleged deforestation for mining in the Hasdeo forest in Chhattisgarh as it had previously dealt with the matter and that cases regarding it were also pending in the Supreme Court and a high court.
The green body was hearing the matter in which it had taken suo motu (on its own) cognisance of some media reports regarding the cutting of trees by the state forest department to clear the land for mining in Parsa East-Kente Basan (PEKB) Phase-II, a coal block allotted to Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam (RRVUN), the power generation company of the Rajasthan government.
In an order dated May 28, a bench of NGT Chairperson Justice Prakash Shr...