The National Green Tribunal has taken strong exception to UP government’s non-compliance of the Supreme Court order directing eviction of residents from colonies of Kalagarh, which lie within the most sensitive core area of the Corbett Tiger Reserve.
The apex court had directed the UP Irrigation department to vacate residential colonies in Kalagarh and hand it over to Uttarakhand government within six months. “Despite specific order of the Supreme Court of India which was passed in furtherance to report submitted by the Central Empowered Committee before that court on April 30, 2004, there is practically no progress and there is clear non-compliance to the orders and directions. Such behaviour is not expected from the state administration.