Mangaluru: The National Green Tribunal, Chennai has ordered a stay on the much-controversial Yettinahole Integrated Drinking Water Project on Wednesday, September 16.

As per the stay order, all work along the project site, both within and outside the forest area, will be suspended until September 28.

A writ petition on the Yettinahole project was filed on July 29 before the Tribunal by Bengaluru Jana Sangrama Parishat state secretary K Somashekar stating that over 600 acres of forest area would be destroyed for the Yettinahole project, and that permission for the same had not been sought from the central environment ministry.

The writ petition came up for hearing on September 16 and the Tribunal ordered a stay till September 18, on the grounds that the project has been started without following guidelines.

The two-member juries consisting of judges Jyothimani and Nagendran have concluded that a final verdict will be given on September 28, after hearing the case again.

The counsel for the government submitted a written assurance to the Tribunal that no work would be carried out until then.

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