Pathanamthitta: The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) attached to the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has granted Terms of Reference (ToR) to KGS Aranmula International Airport Limited for conducting environmental impact assessment for the proposed Aranmula airport project.
As per the minutes of the EAC meeting held from June 24 to 26 in New Delhi, the decision was made on the basis of a point-wise clarification submitted by the KGS company to each objection raised by the Aranmula Heritage Village Action Council, a people’s action forum opposing the project.
The company submitted a 13-page clarification to the 17 objections raised by the action council in the backdrop of an EAC directive issued at its 147th meeting in May.
“On enquiry, it was stated by the project proponent (PP) that the Ministry of Defence has withdrawn in-principle approval for not obtaining the environment clearance. This is an issue which will need to be verified by the MoEFCC, being an inter-ministerial issue,” the minutes of the 149th EAC meeting chaired by chairman Anil Razdan says.
Read news in full18/07/15 Radhakrishnan Kuttoor/The Hindu
As per the minutes of the EAC meeting held from June 24 to 26 in New Delhi, the decision was made on the basis of a point-wise clarification submitted by the KGS company to each objection raised by the Aranmula Heritage Village Action Council, a people’s action forum opposing the project.
The company submitted a 13-page clarification to the 17 objections raised by the action council in the backdrop of an EAC directive issued at its 147th meeting in May.
“On enquiry, it was stated by the project proponent (PP) that the Ministry of Defence has withdrawn in-principle approval for not obtaining the environment clearance. This is an issue which will need to be verified by the MoEFCC, being an inter-ministerial issue,” the minutes of the 149th EAC meeting chaired by chairman Anil Razdan says.
Read news in full18/07/15 Radhakrishnan Kuttoor/The Hindu
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