MoEF Bats For Cumulative Environment Assessment Of Projects
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First published in Sanctuary Asia,
Vol. 31
No. 5,
May 2011
The move would be a paradigm shift from the current practice of having assessments of individual projects on the environment.
On a tour to Orissa recently, Union minister for environment & forests Jairam Ramesh, said, “I believe that the time has come when we have to look at the combined impact of all the projects coming up in a particular industrial belt on the environment. We will insist on cumulative and comprehensive EIAs. So far, it has been done on a project-to-project basis".
Stating that states like Maharashtra and Himachal Pradesh have already started thinking of conducting comprehensive EIAs, he urged the Orissa government to initiate action on similar lines. Read the full report here.
Source: BS Reporter, Business Standard/Kolkata/Bhubaneswar.
