22 JULY 2011timesofindia.indiatimes.com
No environment clearance for Vedanta, Centre tells green tribunal
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Vedanta's environment clearance to mine the Niyamgiri hills has been withdrawn as the rejection of forest clearance had made the green nod 'inoperable and infractuous', the environment ministry told the National Green Tribunal on Thursday while indicating that the environmental clearance in itself was not bad technically.
The failure to meet one-precondition – securing the forest clearance – the ministry contended, had led it to withdraw the environment clearance to Vedanta's project in Lanjigarh, Orissa.
The court gave Vedanta and the state government's mining arm time till July 28 to respond to the environment ministry's affidavit. In case Vedanta decides to withdraw its petition before the tribunal, the future of its mining project, linked to its already existing aluminium refinery, would rest solely on the ongoing case in the Supreme Court where the company has challenged the rejection of forest clearance.
The failure to meet one-precondition – securing the forest clearance – the ministry contended, had led it to withdraw the environment clearance to Vedanta's project in Lanjigarh, Orissa.
The court gave Vedanta and the state government's mining arm time till July 28 to respond to the environment ministry's affidavit. In case Vedanta decides to withdraw its petition before the tribunal, the future of its mining project, linked to its already existing aluminium refinery, would rest solely on the ongoing case in the Supreme Court where the company has challenged the rejection of forest clearance.
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