Metro project impact on Mutha: NGT directs committee to consider issues raised by environmentalist
(WorldNews India)

Citing the flooding of Mutha river during monsoon this year, environmentalist Sarang Yadwadkar has once again opposed the construction of a Metro rail route on the riverbed and approached the National Green Tribunal (NGT) over the issue. Yadwadkar has claimed that the expert committee´s observations on the environmental impact of the Metro project, especially those on the river flood level, were `grossly flawed`. Advertising In response to Yadwadkar´s plea, the western bench of the NGT, comprising S P Wangdi, M Ramakrishnan and Nagin Nanda, has directed the committee to consider the objections raised by him and take a decision on the issue. The committee will consider the objections raised...