Nirma Cement Plant Fails Expert Test, Jairam Ramesh Likely To Cancel Nod
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First published in Sanctuary Asia,
Vol. 31
No. 5,
May 2011
In its recommendations - published by the environment ministry a few hours ago - the Expert Appraisal Committee, which recommends whether or not a project should be approved or not, urged that the project be relocated.
"No fresh water sanctuary needs to be razed to pitch a cement plant therein. The approval (already given) may be revoked as it was initially founded on undisclosed and incorrect postulates," the body recommended to Jairam Ramesh, minister for environment and forests.
The move came after an expert, CR Babu, did a spot check and found that the area in which the cement plant is being constructed is a water body which has considerable animal and plant life associated with it. Read the full report here.
Source: Deepti Rajan, RTN.
