Barapullah Project to await environmental nod

The National Green Tribunal has prohibited construction work on the third phase of Barapullah elevated road in Delhi, which connects Sarai Kale Khan with Mayur Vihar, without prior environmental clearance. A bench headed by Justice UD Salvi issued notices to the Delhi Government, the Delhi Pollution Control Committee, the Public Works Department and others on a petition by environment activist, Manoj Mishra who had claimed that the project was damaging the river floodplains. ´There shall be no construction activity of the Barapullah Phase-III without obtaining prior environmental clearance,´the bench said.