Project not accepted near Sukhna Lake
The proposed Tata Camelot high-rise township project in Mohali district near Chandigarh’s Sukhna Lakecould not be justified citing the existing illegal constructions in the vicinity, PIL petitioners pleaded with the Delhi High Court today.
Two wrongs will not make a right as said by the senior counsel PS Patwalia contended before a Bench comprising Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice RS Endlaw.
The project area and its vicinity had been delisted as forest areas only to facilitate agriculture and tourism, not to turn it into a semi-urban or an urban conglomerate by allowing construction of high-rise buildings, he said arguing for PIL petitioners Sarin Memorial Legal Aid Foundation and advocate Alok Jagga.
The needed environmental clearances cannot be acquired for the environmental project. The project is located very close to the forest region and is a major tourist spot in this area hence the needed permissions are not being given to the project. The officials involved in the project might take some decisions as what to do in order to facilitate the work but it is tough to get things worked out soon as the Delhi High Court has given orders that the construction cannot be justified near the Sukhna Lake.
Source: The Tribune
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