Telangana government’s prestigious Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project suffered a major setback on Thursday as the National Green Tribunal (NGT) ordered to stop works on the project due to lack of environmental clearance.
A bench headed by Justice Jawad Rahim issued a direction that until mandatory clearances are granted, the government should contain from carrying out any construction or other activities like clear-cutting of trees, blasting and tunnelling in the forest areas, reports PTI.
The government will likely knock the doors of Supreme Court against NGT’s direction of interim to stay the Rs 80000 crore project which envisages to provide water to drought-hit areas of Telangana.
