No role in Punjab desilting, mines ministry tells NGT

The Union ministry of mines has moved the National Green Tribunal (NGT) seeking deletion of its name from a petition challenging the Punjab government’s river desilting projects, arguing that it has no statutory role in regulating, monitoring, or granting approvals for such activities, which fall exclusively within the jurisdiction of the state government The Union ministry of mines has moved the National Green Tribunal (NGT) seeking deletion of its name from a petition challenging the Punjab government’s river desilting projects, arguing that it has no statutory role in regulating, monitoring, or granting approvals for such activities, which fall exclusively within the jurisdiction of the state government