Tuem Tragedy: Govt fail to fill up quarry despite NGT's order
15 Sep 2019 06:36 PM
On
Saturday 43 students of a high school in Tuem had gone for a trek. Here 5 of
the students went to a stone quarry and subsequently drowned. Their bodies have
been fished out by fire department and local youths.
NGT judgment came out April this year saying that area excavated for stone quarries had been left without scientific closure resulting in damage to eco-system and death traps for human and wildlife.
NGT had given six months time to fill this quarries and had also sought quarterly reports regarding the progress of matter. NGT had also directed Chief Secretary to monitor progress atleast once in a month.
Its October now and government has failed to act on NGTs
direction. Even, the Tuem locals have expressed ire over the lethargic attitude
of government.
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