Impact of infrastructure demolitions on environment- a study of the Noida twin towers case

Author – Sushree Sunanda Sahu, Student of TERI School of Advanced Studies, New Delhi

Best Citation – Sushree Sunanda Sahu, IMPACT OF INFRASTRUCTURE DEMOLITIONS ON ENVIRONMENT- A STUDY OF THE NOIDA TWIN TOWERS CASE, INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LEGAL RESEARCH JOURNAL, 1 (1) of 2023, Pg. 44, ISBN – 978-81-960677-0-0.

Abstract                

The article argues that while infrastructure development is decisive in overall development of a nation, it shouldn’t be done in a mechanical manner, without taking into account the several laws in place, the potential impacts on environment, and human beings. Infrastructure development has been globally seen as one of the drivers of economic development; which has caused every nation to invest in the same. Despite its positive impacts, the race of developing infrastructure has in many cases led to regulatory oversight and negligence, which have proven to be counter-productive. The heavy investments vanish into thin air, as the infrastructures get converted into fine dust, culminating in serious ecological impacts, owing to judicial orders. In the course of this article, the researcher would analyse the environmental safeguards provided under the Indian legislative framework; the violation of the infrastructural safeguards in the Twin towers case; judicial interventions and infrastructure demolitions; and the impact of infrastructure demolitions on the environment. The article would be a purely doctrinal work.