22 AUGUST 2011indianexpress
Niyamgiri: MoEF says rejection of forest nod as per law
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With Orissa Mining Corporation Limited (OMCL) claiming that the rejection of forest clearance to its bauxite mining project at Niyamgiri hills is aimed as a rebuff to the Supreme Court’s green signal for the billion-dollar venture, the Ministry of Environment and Forests met the charge head-on.
In a detailed affidavit filed in the Supreme Court, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) says it is only doing its job.
But the ministry’s affidavit is firm: “MoEF is bound to apply its own mind and grant independent clearance to the project.” It says the rejection of stage-II forest clearance to the bauxite mining project was in “accordance with law” and certainly within its own executive powers.
In a detailed affidavit filed in the Supreme Court, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) says it is only doing its job.
But the ministry’s affidavit is firm: “MoEF is bound to apply its own mind and grant independent clearance to the project.” It says the rejection of stage-II forest clearance to the bauxite mining project was in “accordance with law” and certainly within its own executive powers.
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