NGT notice to Centre, Odisha over Posco green nod.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the state pollution control board and Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) to reply within three weeks regarding extension of environment clearance (EC) for Posco's steel plant project at Paradip.

'Let reply be filed within three weeks from today with advanced copy to counsel for appellant, who may file rejoinder within two weeks,' the court said in its daily order posted on its website.

Hearing a case filed by environmentalist Prafulla Samantray, the green court today asked the Central and the state governments to clarify the questions raised about the re-validation of environment clearance granted on 7 January, 2014.

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