more-inThe country’s green court has disposed of an application that challenged the controversial ₹13,000-crore Yettinahole drinking water project. On October 5, Principal Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in Delhi disposed of an appeal by environmentalist K.N. K. Jaiprakash, Managing Director of Visvesvaraya Jala Nigam Ltd., which is implementing the project, said the judgment represented a “major victory” for the State government, which “effectively” presented the need of the project. VJNL expects work on Phase I to be completed by February, and nearly 70% of the project has been completed. The judgment comes at a time when the opposition to the project is undergoing an existential crisis.

Source: The Hindu October 06, 2017 18:45 UTC