NGT bench Directs Rajasthan Government to Cancel illegal salt pans in Sambhar Lake,

•  The central zonal bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Rajasthan government to cancel allotments of salt pans in Sambhar Salt Lake that fall within the wetland and run against to the order of Wetland Rules, 2010.
• It is India's largest inland salt lake, is located 80 km southwest of the city of Jaipur and 64 km northeast of Ajmer, Rajasthan;.
• It surrounds the historical Sambhar Lake Town