Blanket clearance for another category of mining projects
The Centre is bent on diluting the public hearing process that is so central to assessing the environmental impact of industrial projects.
The Centre is bent on diluting the public hearing process that is so central to assessing the environmental impact of industrial projects.
“The grant of ex post facto environmental clearance would be detrimental to the environment and could lead to irreparable degradation of the environment. The concept of an ex post facto or a retrospective EC is completely alien to environmental jurisprudence including EIA 1994 and EIA 2006.”
Supreme Court judgement, April 2020
Jayashree Nandi | Hindustan Times The union environment ministry has put together an amnesty scheme for infrastructure and industrial projects that have violated environmental clearance norms. The standard operating procedure (SOP) laid out by the ministry in an office memorandum dated July 7 states that projects that don’t have priorRead More
Kumar Sundaram | The Ecologist
The building of the proposed Chutka nuclear plant in the tribal-dominated Mandla district in central India will mean the local population will be displaced – for the second time. It will also contribute to global greenhouse gas emissions. Faced with injustice and threats to their safety and livelihoods, villagers have started a two-month long campaign.
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