Srinagar, Oct 23: The Environmental Policy Group (EPG) has voiced serious concern over the resumption of illegal riverbed mining in the Doodh Ganga stream at Kralwari Borwah village, Chadoora, Budgam, terming it a blatant violation of Supreme Court and National Green Tribunal (NGT) orders.

In a statement EPG convenor, Faiz Bakshi said that environmental activist and NGT petitioner Raja Muzaffar Bhat has lodged a formal complaint with the Chairperson of the J&K Pollution Control Committee (JKPCC), alleging that large-scale extraction of muck and gravel is being carried out using heavy machinery in an area designated as a trout fish beat under the Fisheries Department.

The EPG highlighted that despite clear judicial directives, the Mining, Fisheries, and Irrigation & Flood Control Departme

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