The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to initiate action against the members of the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) - Kerala for issuing environment clearance to a multi-crore realty project in Kozhikode district in violation of norms under the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) notification of 2006.
The Southern Bench of the tribunal comprising Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana, and expert member Satyagopal Korlapati has set aside the environment clearance granted on March 12, 2020 by the SEIAA to the Landmark Trade Centre project of Calicut Landmark Builders & Developers (India) Pvt Ltd at Pantheerankavu village.
The Bench has directed the SEIAA to stop the project with immediate effect. The project proponent has been told to submit an application within two months, which shall be examined by the SEIAA or the ministry, as the case may be, on merits and as per rules in force.
