Nuclear Plant Push By ‘Banning’ Mining Projects In Maharashtra
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First published in Sanctuary Asia,
Vol. 31
No. 1,
January 2011
Both parties (Congress and NCP) have decided to win over the local people by taking up their cause against 49 mining projects that are detrimental to the environment in the ecologically sensitive western ghats.
Union minister for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh has been flooded with complaints by local politicians and activists against the mining projects. The state government has temporarily stayed all the 49 mining projects along the coastal Konkan region.
“The government should review all the mining projects to ascertain the effect on the environment in the region," a senior cabinet minister said. “We should also have a policy with clear guidelines to avoid controversies in the future." Read the full report here.
Source: by Shubhangi Khapre, DNA, Mumbai.
