NGT Orders Land Restoration and Compensation for Illegal Brick Kilns
Representative image VIJAYAWADA: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) recently mandated that the NTR district authorities evaluate the environmental damage from unauthorized brick kiln activities in the region. They are to quantify compensation within three months and restore the impacted agricultural land and water bodies. This ruling follows a petition from Ramisetti Suresh Kumar, a farmer and ex-serviceman from Vinagadapa village in Gampalagudem mandal. The tribunal instructed the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) to assess damages from operators running brick kilns without the necessary clearances, which resulted in deteriorating air quality and reduced soil fertility. The tribunal also ordered the…