Srinagar, Oct 23: In a move that has raised alarms among environmental activists and residents, authorities in Budgam have issued short-term permits (STP) to lift nallah muck (GSB) from the Doodh Ganga stream in Kralwari and Borwah villages of Chadoora, in apparent violation of Supreme Court and National Green Tribunal (NGT) orders.

Residents, through Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat — an activist and petitioner in the Doodh Ganga case before the NGT — have approached the Chairman of the J&K Pollution Control Committee (PCC), seeking urgent intervention. The PCC has been designated as the nodal agency in the Doodh Ganga matter by the NGT and was earlier directed to impose environmental compensation on project proponents who had previously used JCBs and L&T cranes in the riverbed.

“In open violation

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