Cuttack: NGT has ordered a halt to all construction activities on 93.280 acres of land at Laxmiposi in Mayurbhanj district amid allegations that ecologically sensitive forest land is being diverted for a private hotel and resort project near Simlipal Tiger Reserve. Hearing a petition filed by Baripada-based social worker Rakesh KumarMohanty, NGT’s East Zone bench invoked “precautionary principle”, restraining state authorities and the privateparty from raising any construction in the land.lalmohanpatnaik2019@gmail.com
