The order was passed by the southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT)

The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) issued a notice to Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Limited and formed an expert committee to probe alleged environmental pollution caused at the Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary.

The green bench, comprising Justice K Ramakrishnan, Judicial Member, and Saibal Dasgupta, Expert Member, has directed the expert committee to look into the proposed expansion plan of Sun Pharma and its compliance under the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, besides Air and Water Acts.

Officials from the Regional Office of the Union Environment Ministry, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) and wildlife wing of the state forest department will be part of the committee, which has been mandated to submit the report before the next date of hearing scheduled on September 1, 2020.