Jairam Ramesh Sends Show-Cause To Congress MP Jindal, Signal To Critics
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First published in Sanctuary Asia,
Vol. 30
No. 11,
November 2010
"Construction work like storage godown, roads, foundation for industrial activities like power plant, stockyard, plant mill etc. have been undertaken on the non-forest government land and you were directed to stop all the activities within the project area till forest clearance is obtained," noted the letter sent on Monday.
The six million ton per year steel plant, with built-in power generation, was given a conditional go-ahead in 2007, and the ministry was considering Jindal's request for allotment of 168 hectares of forest land for the factory. The conditional go-ahead had a specific clause banning any construction activity anywhere on the 2,000 hectare plant site before the forest allocation is cleared, the notice sent by scientist Nalini Bhat pointed out. Read the full report here.
Source: by Sreejiraj Eluvangal, DNA, New Delhi.
