The State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) has been asked by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) of Uttarakhand to respond to an application filed against a grant of Environmental Clearances given for a mining project in Bageshwar region. The application cites that the area is prone to earthquakes and close to a reserve forest. Just earlier this month, an earthquake measuring 2.5 on the Richter Scale had hit Bageshwar.