M/s Salasar Steel and Power Limited is an existing plant operating 60,000 TPA Sponge Iron Plant, 4,80,000 TPA of Coal Beneficiation plant and a Power Generation unit of 4.5 MW through WHRB and 10.5 MW through CFBC in Gerwani Village, Ambikapur Road, Raigarh, Chhattisgarh.

PANJIM, AUG 21

This is a draft rapid environment impact assessment report for Salasar Steel & Power Ltd in Gerwani village, Ambikapur Road, Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh. The scope of work includes a detailed characterization of the environment in an area of 10 km radius of the plant for various environmental parameters like ar, water, noise, land, biological and social-economic aspects.

This is a rapid environment impact assessment report for the proposed mini integrated steel plant by M/s B.S. Sponge Private Limited in village Taraimal, Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh.

KOTTAYAM: With the Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI) submitting a negative Environment Impact Study (EIS) report on the Sabari Rail from Angamali to Azhutha, the meeting scheduled by the district and Railway authorities on August 4 at Pala to hear the complaints of the aggrieved in the land acquisition for the railway line, may turn out to be a noisy affair.

M/s Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL) proposes to expand the
existing Alumina Refinery from 1 MMTPA to 6 MMTPA by adding capacity of 5 MMTPA. The expansion project will be setup within and adjacent to the premises of VAL in Lanjigarh, Orissa. The existing plant site is about 3.7-km (aerial distance) from Lanjigarh and the nearby villages are Kinari, Bandagruha,

M/s Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL) a part of the US$ 6 billion Vedanta Resources Plc, a London listed 100 FTSE company. VAL has set up an Alumina Refinery of 1 MMTPA capacity at Lanjigarh, Dist. Kalahandi, Orissa and is proposing for its expansion to 6 MMTPA Alumina production capacity.

State of strife Enlarge view Is India building its developmental house from the roof down, with a non-existent foundation? Arun Kumar, professor of economics at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi, thinks so.

THRISSUR: There is no dearth of examples to substantiate the observations made the other day by Sukumar Azhikode - 'expert opinions are often untrue, farce' - while inaugurating dharna against the proposed Athirappilly hydroelectric project here.

An example is the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) on the project which was carried out by Water and Power Consultency Services Private Limited (WAPCOS), Hariyana.

The Kerala State Electricity Board had assigned the study to WAPCOS on October 8, 2002 and the consultants submitted the study report to KSEB next year.

Built on the logic of "development', big dams have wreaked havoc on indigenous communities in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh with regular flooding. By pursuing predatory development the central and state governments are equally culpable of visiting disaster on the region.

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