New Delhi:Taking serious note of the death of seven elephants in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) today registered a Suo Motu case against the Central Electricity Supply Utility (CESU) and imposed a penalty of Rs 1 crore on the power distribution company for its laxity
Based on the media reports, a bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel today held CESU responsible for the jumbo deaths in Odisha and pronounced the judgement.
A herd of 13 wild elephants had entered their village on October 27. While passing through the village, seven of them came in contact with a live wire pulled at a height of about eight feet above the ground and died on the spot.
Earlier on October 28, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had ordered a Crime Branch probe into the incident. A five-member team of the Crime Branch will submit a report to the State Government after the investigation
