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Cuttack: Orissa high court has declined to entertain a writ petition highlighting environmental damage allegedly caused by unregulated use of fly ash during construction of NH-49 in Jharsuguda district, and directed the petitioners to approach the National Green Tribunal (NGT) for appropriate relief.
A division bench of Chief Justice Harish Tandon and Justice M S Raman was hearing a petition on Thursday filed by Sumanta Swain and eight others, who alleged that indiscriminate dumping of fly ash had led to air and water pollution, extensive crop damage, contamination of ponds and groundwater, and death of fish in the affected areas.
At the threshold, the bench considered the issue of maintainability of the writ petition, questioning why the petitioners should not be relegated to the statutory remedy available under the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010. The court noted that the allegations squarely related to environmental pollution, an area specifically entrusted to NGT.
“We have no hesitation, not even inkling of doubt that the concern shown in the writ petition is of significant importance,” the court observed.
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