National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI)

Developer's defence

Halcrow, consultants to Pondicherry Port Limited, could not give a detailed response to Down To Earth's questionnaire pleading time constraints, but it did clearly say the environment impact assessment (EIA) it prepared "was in accordance with ToR (terms of reference) given to us by the client'.

Publication Date:

14/05/2007

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

Issue:

20070515

pp:

Tags:

Environment, Ports, Ministry of Earth Sciences, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Pondicherry, Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)

Mining

Mining frenzy

Life may soon return to the dusty 19th century palace grounds of the Raja of Sandur in the Ramandurga hills near Hospet in Karnataka. A well-known private company is likely to buy the property and possibly restore the old buildings for offices. It will do this not for the site's historical worth, but for the value of what juts out of the ground around it: a thick vein of high-quality iron ore.

Publication Date:

16/06/2006

Author(s): Josh Chin

Source: Frontline (Chennai)

Tags:

Pollution, Mining, Forest Encroachments, Child Labour, National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC), National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Karnataka, Bellary (D)