NGT must make public report of panel that reviewed approvals for Nicobar project: Jairam Ramesh

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has demanded that the National Green Tribunal (NGT) release a report regarding environmental approvals for the Great Nicobar Island Project. He argues the report is flawed and criticizes the government's legislative efforts to reform tribunals, which he claims undermine judicial independence.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday (August 9, 2026) urged the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to make public the report of the High-Powered Committee it had directed to be set up to review the environmental approvals for the "ecologically disastrous" Great Nicobar Island Project and on the basis of which it had been "forced to give the go-ahead" for the venture.
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