The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the National Green Tribunals order to direct the Vaishno Devi temple authorities to open a new approach road for use by pedestrians and battery-operated vehicles from November 24. Issuing a notice, a bench of Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta stayed the tribunal's November 13 order as the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board told the apex court that it was not possible to open the new road from November 24 since the construction work was on. Senior counsel Mukul Rohatgi told the bench that the new road, costing Rs 40 crore, would be opened in February 2018.

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