The OM if implemented by the MOEFCC would not only have adverse consequences on the effective functioning of the SEIAAs as environmental regulatory bodies but also on the life and livelihood of people and the surrounding ecology.
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The Ministry’s new Standard Operating Procedure (SoP) for ‘identification and handling of violation cases’ under the EIA Notification 2006 will further undermine our weak environmental regulatory framework, and should be withdrawn by the Ministry immediately.
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There is a crying need to overhaul the environmental clearance system. But the Ministry’s proposal fails to acknowledge the grave ecological crises that the country is facing.
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