The National Green Tribunal on Monday sought a response from the Centre on a plea seeking action against alleged illegal sand mining in Gautam Budh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh. A Bench, headed NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar, issued notice to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, UP Government seeking replies by November 2.
The directions came while hearing a plea by a lawyers' body, NGT Bar Association, seeking a detailed report into illegal sand mining in GB Nagar district being carried out in violation of the orders of the green panel. Referring to a newspaper report, the plea has said that a bridge was being illegally constructed on the Yamuna in Noida's Chak Basantpur Village to link it with Faridabad for transporting "illegally" mined sand from Noida to Faridabad.