Jairam Ramesh Changed Rules For MP Navin Jindal’s Plant
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First published in Sanctuary Asia,
Vol. 31
No. 3,
March 2011
Documents with DNA show that the MoEF issued a circular to change a few words of the guidelines of the Forest (Conservation) Act 1980 only to allow the withdrawal of a showcause notice issued to the Jindal project.
This notice, that made headlines when it was issued in November 2010, asked why the earlier issued environmental clearance may not be quashed because Jindal had started construction at the site before the forest clearance — the supplement to the mandatory environment clearance — was given.
Documents show that the provision of the Forest Act that was quoted by the MoEF to legitimise the transgressions of Jindal and withdraw the show cause notice was created only on January 6, 2011 — two months after the showcause notice was issued. Read the full report here.
Source: by Sreejiraj Eluvangal, DNA, New Delhi.
