State chief minister Prithviraj Chavan is to have a meeting with MoEF minister Jairam Ramesh tomorrow in this regard. Chavan, currently in New Delhi, confirmed his meeting and told Business Standard: “I expect the ministry to soon grant necessary clearance."
He said he would take into consideration various concerns raised by area farmers and residents on the project.
NPC chairman and managing director S K Jain said: “NPC has submitted the additional terms of reference and information sought by the experts' appraisal committee. The information with regard to storage of nuclear waste and reprocessing and per-unit tariff (rate) of the power generated was submitted at length to the EAC which must have by now given its report. We expect the ministry to issue environment clearance this week." Read the full report here.
Source: Sanjay Jog, Business Standard, Mumbai.
