<p>The National Green Tribunal Tuesday directed a committee to submit a report on a plea highlighting adverse consequences of the Polavaram Project in Andhra Pradesh.</p>.<p>A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said a committee -- comprising representatives of the Central Pollution Control Board, additional principal chief conservator of forests, the State Pollution Control Board and the district magistrate -- to give a report on the factual aspects.</p>.<p>"The committee may look into the grievance of the applicant and give a separate report by e-mail by the next date of hearing. The CPCB will be the nodal agency for compliance and coordination," said the bench, also comprising Justice S P Wangdi, while posting the matter for hearing on May 4.</p>.<p>According to the applicant Ponguleti Sudhakara Reddy, the project may result in the displacement of hundreds of families without there being any plan for rehabilitation.</p>.<p>The plea, filed through advocate Sravan Kumar, alleged environment violations at the site and claimed that a huge quantity of waste material was being dumped in agricultural lands near the Polavaram project.</p>.<p>Polavaram, which the Andhra Pradesh government claims is the "lifeline of the state", was declared as a national project under the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014. </p>
<p>The National Green Tribunal Tuesday directed a committee to submit a report on a plea highlighting adverse consequences of the Polavaram Project in Andhra Pradesh.</p>.<p>A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said a committee -- comprising representatives of the Central Pollution Control Board, additional principal chief conservator of forests, the State Pollution Control Board and the district magistrate -- to give a report on the factual aspects.</p>.<p>"The committee may look into the grievance of the applicant and give a separate report by e-mail by the next date of hearing. The CPCB will be the nodal agency for compliance and coordination," said the bench, also comprising Justice S P Wangdi, while posting the matter for hearing on May 4.</p>.<p>According to the applicant Ponguleti Sudhakara Reddy, the project may result in the displacement of hundreds of families without there being any plan for rehabilitation.</p>.<p>The plea, filed through advocate Sravan Kumar, alleged environment violations at the site and claimed that a huge quantity of waste material was being dumped in agricultural lands near the Polavaram project.</p>.<p>Polavaram, which the Andhra Pradesh government claims is the "lifeline of the state", was declared as a national project under the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014. </p>