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Bombay HC seeks report of colour change of Lonar lake
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- Nagpur bench of Bombay HC demanded Environment Impact Assessment report from NEERI and Geological Survey of India
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- Samples collected from lake sent to NEERI, Nagpur and Agarkar Research Institute, Pune
- As per NASA expert, there is a glass formation on bedrock of Lonar crater and this feature not anywhere on the Earth, but exists only on beds of craters of moon
- Lonar lake
(1) is made up of Basalt rock
(2) Area is eco-sensitive zone
(3) Large quantity of a unique material called ejecta blanket, which contains is a substance found on the moon.
- Forest department to court - Lonar-Kinhi road construction might threaten ejecta blanket
- Court accepted this argument and ordered collector to take steps to protect material from possible theft and pilferage
- It also ordered to prohibit construction of road till further notice