1. Supreme Court halts Doloo Greenfield Airport construction in Cachar, orders ‘status quo’ maintenance.
2. Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra question the state government’s actions.
3. Assam directed to halt Doloo tea estate’s construction pending environmental impact assessment report.
Cachar, April 10: The proposed construction of Doloo Greenfield Airport in Cachar district faces a halt as the Supreme Court of India directs the Assam government to maintain the ‘status quo’ at the Doloo tea estate.
Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra question the state government’s clearance of the tea garden’s shrubs without an environmental impact assessment report.
The Supreme Court notified the Centre, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Assam government, and others about the plea filed by Tapas Guha and others.
Advocate Prashant Bhushan, representing the petitioners, criticizes the National Green Tribunal’s approval without environmental clearances.
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Previously, the NGT dismissed Guha’s plea, stating that the environmental impact assessment report was pending, and clearance for the new airport at Doloo was not granted.
The Supreme Court’s directive to cease construction activities at Doloo Tea Estate’s proposed airport site is welcomed by the Trinamool Congress and other Barak Valley organizations.
Nearly two years after the government bulldozed 2,500 bighas of plantation land at Doloo Tea Estate for the airport’s construction, the Supreme Court ordered the Assam government to maintain the status quo
