{
  "id": 5799099,
  "title": "Mumbai: NGT Directs MMRDA To Obtain Prior Environmental Clearance For Entire 122.10-Hectare Wadala Notified Area",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/mumbai-ngt-directs-mmrda-to-obtain-prior-environmental-clearance-for",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-05T15:56:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-ngt-directs-mmrda-to-obtain-prior-environmental-clearance-for-entire-12210-hectare-wadala-notified-area"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On September 5, 2026, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in Mumbai ordered the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to obtain prior environmental clearance for the entire 122.10-hectare Wadala Notified Area. The order was delivered on September 3 by the tribunal, which stated that the redevelopment project exceeding 50 hectares must comply with the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006. The project initially proposed a truck terminal, ISBT, and related infrastructure but was later changed to a commercial center modeled after the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC). The NGT concluded that the changes triggered the requirement for prior environmental clearance.",
  "summary": "Mumbai, September 5, 2026: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Western Zone Bench, has ordered prior Environmental Clearance (EC) for the entire 122.10-hectare Wadala Notified Area, holding that the large-scale redevelopment of the site falls within the ambit of the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006. In a judgment pronounced on September 3, the tribunal, presided over by…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}