eia notification 2006

New Delhi, Nov 26 () The Delhi High Court on Monday stayed two notifications of the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) granting exemption from environmental clearance (EC) for building projects up to 50,000 sq. metres built up area and 1,50,000 sq.

The new draft Environment Impact Assessment Notification 2020 poses a serious threat to environment and society and will give free rein to several destructive industries, environment activists have said and urged the Centre to withdraw it.

In a reprieve to Coimbatore-based Isha Foundation, the Madras high court restrained the Tamil Nadu government from proceeding further with prosecution initiated against the foundation for allegedly constructing buildings without environmental clearance from 2006 to 2014.

A #SaveEIA campaign has been launched to push the government to safeguarding the provisions of the 2006 notification

Union forest and environment minister Jairam Ramesh has said seven power projects in the northeast four in Arunachal, two in Sikkim and one in Meghalaya are pending for green clearance.

In a major victory for AP government, the Centre has affirmed in the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation Project (RLIP) does not require fresh environmental clearance (EC).

The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has extended the moratorium on infrastructure projects seeking environmental clearance in Sindhudurg and Ratnagiri districts up to December 31, under the environmental impact assessment (EIA) notification, 2006.

Noting several deficiencies in the environment ministry’s notification exempting building and construction projects from various prior green clearances, the National Green Tribunal has directed the ministry to re-examine its notification and take appropriate steps to delete, amend and rectify it.

The central government has cancelled the environmental clearance (EC) granted to Sesa Goa Limited for an iron ore mine in Pirna on grounds that it concealed data in its environment impact assessment (EIA) study.

Stating that the draft environmental impact assessment (EIA) was prepared without a Goa Coastal Zone Management Plan, Goenchea Raponkarancho Ekvott (GRE) and four other affected fishing organisations have demanded the cancellation of the public hearing on November 2 in a letter to North Goa collector. They also want a fresh EIA in accordance with the eia notification 2006.

Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) has agreed before Supreme Court to abide by National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) direction to hold a public hearing on capital dredging for deepening the harbour channel at a cost of 193 crore.