Srinagar, April 5 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued a notice to the Jammu and Kashmir government and the Director of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar, seeking a detailed response regarding the proposed NIT campus in the Newa area of Pulwama.

The notice comes in response to a petition filed by RTI and environmental activist Dr. Raja Muzaffar Bhat through his counsel, Advocate Saurabh Sharma. The petitioner has urged the NGT to intervene to prevent the felling of thousands of fruit and non-fruit-bearing trees on 4,500 kanals (approximately 550 acres) of Karewa land, which belongs to seven villages in and around Newa.

In his application, Dr. Bhat highlighted the ecological significance of the proposed site,...