EIA Watch

Even the COVID-19 pandemic has been no deterrent for the current government which continued diluting environmental clearance norms to promote ‘ease of doing business’.

Courtesy: Will Banham & Douglas Brew

Nihar Gokhale | The Caravan On 6 May 2020, a deadly gas leak at a factory of LG Polymers in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam killed 13 people and injured over 1,000 others. Several media reports termed it the worst gas leak in India since the Bhopal chemical disaster in 1984. The company took over theRead More

Courtesy: Impact & Policy Research Institute (IMPRI) The Center for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development (CECCSD) at Impact and Policy Research Institute (IMPRI), New Delhi, and the Department of Energy and Environment at the TERI School of Advanced Studies (TERI SAS), New Delhi, with the India Water Portal asRead More

Kumar Sundaram | The Ecologist

In modern India any form of dissent from the neoliberal corporate model of development is being criminalised. Opponents of nuclear power, coal mines, GMOs, giant dams, are all under attack, labeled ‘enemies of the state’ and a threat to economic growth.

Abhishek Chakravarty | Down to Earth

The draft EIA 2020 notification aims to set aside several essential provisions such as public consultation, and plans to introduce ex-post facto clearance for many projects

Courtesy: Down to Earth

With easier green clearance under the new EIA regime for dams and hydroelectric projects, experts fear mass inundation of forested areas.

Courtesy: Scroll The Delhi High Court on Friday issued a notice to environmental conservationist Vikrant Tongad after the Centre filed a review petition against an order to translate the draft Environmental Impact Assessment notification into 22 vernacular languages, PTI reported. The Centre had initially filed an appeal before the Supreme Court, butRead More

Akshaya Nath | India Today

The ‘kolam protest’ against EIA 2020 draft was organised by members of the civil society in Tamil Nadu. The organisers said initially the plan was to organise public gatherings, but due to the prevailing coronavirus pandemic, it was decided that they would voice their opposition by making colourful kolam designs.