After POSCO, Chiria, Jindal Puts Jairam Ramesh On Backfoot
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First published in Sanctuary Asia,
Vol. 31
No. 2,
February 2011
The ministry on Monday announced it was withdrawing its earlier threat to withdraw environmental clearance to Jindal's Rs25,000 crore steel and power plant in Angul, Orissa.
The ministry had, in November last year, sought cause as to why the clearance may not be withdrawn after it was proven that Jindal had started work on the project before getting forest clearance.
“The ministry, while according the environmental clearance, stipulated the specific condition: “no construction activity shall be initiated till the approval for the 168 hectare forest land is obtained... Serious non-compliance with the stipulated environment conditions reported above mandate commensurate action," the ministry had said in its November order. Read the full report here.
Source: by Sreejiraj Eluvangal, DNA, New Delhi.
