The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed that the ILS Hill road project which is part of the Balbharati - Paud Phata Link Road in Pune shall begin work only after the grant of an environment clearance (EC)

The bench of CJI BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran was hearing a plea by environmentalist Dr. Sushma Date in the TN Godavarman Case .

The bench passed the following direction:

" We direct that the project shall not be commenced unless EC is granted by EIA. Having taken into consideration the project being pending for a long period, we direct EIA to decide the application for the grant of EC within a period of 3 months."

Sr Advocate Anitha Shenoy, appearing for environmentalist Dr. Sushma Date, stressed that the proposed road would be running through a 'virgin forest hill' wh

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