Environment Minister Natarajan Says 31 Projects From Orissa Awaiting Environmental Clearance
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First published in Sanctuary Asia,
Vol. 31
No. 8,
August 2011
A total of 31 projects from Orissa in the sectors of industry, mining and port projects are awaiting environmental clearance as on 31.07.2011 with the Ministry of Environment & Forests.
The perceived delay in according environmental clearance inter-alia includes non-compliance of the procedures of the EIA Notification 2006 and Circulars of the Ministry, inadequate information on critical environmental parameters, and deficiencies in the Environmental Management Plans by the project proponents.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Environment and Forests (independent charge) Shrimati Jayanthi Natarajan in a written reply to a question by Shrimati Renubala Pradhan in Rajya Sabha today. Read the full report here.
Source:Â by Orissa Diary.com correspondent, New Delhi.
