
New Delhi: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to stop the illegal felling of trees and forests and soil erosion in the surrounding areas of Benital Lake in Chamoli. With the PIL, the matter of protection and conservation of the endangered Benital Lake located in Karnprayag tehsil of Chamoli has now reached the country's highest environmental court National Green Tribunal.