Public Hearing

More people support waste management proposal

A section of public hearing participants wants the Corporation to shift the yard from Kodungaiyur

Making a point: A participant expressing his view at the public hearing on the integrated solid waste management project at Kodungaiyur, in Chennai on Friday.

Publication Date:

19/06/2010

Source: Hindu (Chennai)

Tags:

Solid Waste, Waste Management, Tamil Nadu, Hindu (Chennai), Public Hearing

Industry

MOEF letter to Jindal Power Limited regarding coal based thermal power plant at Tamnar in Raigarh district

The Jindal Power Limited is directed to refer to this Ministry's letter of even no. dated 31st March, 2009 prescribing the Terms of Reference for 4X600MW coal based power project at Tamnar in district Raigarh in Chhattisgarh for undertaking detalied EIA study.

Publication Date:

18/06/2010

Author(s): P L Ahujarai

Source: Ministry of Environment & Forests

Tags:

Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Mining, Mineral-Based Industry, Industrial Pollution, Coal, Thermal Power Plants, Op Jindal Tpp, Industry, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Chhattisgarh, Raigarh (D), Public Hearing, New Delhi, Ministry of Environment & Forests, P L Ahujarai

Industry

MOEF letter to Secretary (Environment), Government of Chhattisgarh, regarding JPL power project at Tamnar in district Raigarh

Letter requesting the Secretary (Environment), Government of Chhattisgarh, to take action against the Jindal Power Limited (JPL) by invoking powers under Section 19 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 for commencing construction of 4X600MW power project at Tamnar in district Raigarh in Chhattisgarh without obtaining prior environmental clearance.

Publication Date:

18/06/2010

Author(s): P L Ahujarai

Source: Ministry of Environment & Forests

Tags:

Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Mining, Mineral-Based Industry, Industrial Pollution, Coal, Thermal Power Plants, Op Jindal Tpp, Industry, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Chhattisgarh, Raigarh (D), Public Hearing, New Delhi, Ministry of Environment & Forests, P L Ahujarai

Industry

Jaypee powers ahead in Himachal

The villagers had rejected the project promoted by Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL) at two public hearings held in June 2007 and in September 2009. But the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) cleared the project in Tikri village in Himachal in February.

http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/780

Publication Date:

16/06/2010

Author(s): Jyotika Sood

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

19

Issue:

3

pp:

18

Tags:

Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Industrial Pollution, Thermal Power Plants, Industry, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Himachal Pradesh, Solan (D), Public Hearing, Down to Earth, Jyotika Sood

Industry

This land is ripe for a lot of trouble

A check-dam in coastal Gujarat sweetened water and changed farmers' lives. Now, another change is coming, a cement factory over the reservoir and the villagers are on the warpath.

Publication Date:

15/06/2010

Author(s): Brajesh Kumar

Source: Governance Now

Vol:

1

Issue:

9

pp:

24

Tags:

Check Dam, Gujarat, Reservoirs, Cement Industry, Conflicts, Bhavnagar (D), Rural Water Harvesting, High Court, Public Hearing, Nirma, Industry

Dams/ Irrigation

MoEFs directive to cancel public hearing hailed

ITANAGAR, May 25: The city based rights group, Arunachal Citizen

Publication Date:

26/05/2010

Source: Sentinel (Guwahati)

Tags:

Dams/ Irrigation, Dams, Hydroelectricity, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Arunachal, Sentinel (Guwahati), Public Hearing

Dams/ Irrigation

More reasons to oppose public hearing surface

ITANAGAR, May 20: Objecting to the alleged illegal Public hearing scheduled on May 30 to June 1 next at Pessing, Pangin and Jeying for the 2700 MW Lower Siang Hydroelectric Project, AAPSU Advisor Ojing Tasing said that the company has not provided a true summary of the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) and the Environment Management Plan (EMP) in the local dialect Adi.

Publication Date:

21/05/2010

Source: Sentinel (Guwahati)

Tags:

Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Dams/ Irrigation, Dams, Hydroelectricity, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Arunachal, Sentinel (Guwahati), Public Hearing

Dams/ Irrigation

AdiSU vows to stop public hearing on Siang Hydro Project

ITANAGAR, May 17: The Adi Students

Publication Date:

18/05/2010

Source: Sentinel (Guwahati)

Tags:

Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Dams/ Irrigation, Dams, Hydroelectricity, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Arunachal, Sentinel (Guwahati), Public Hearing

Industry

Why MLA at hearing, ask green activists

May 6: Several environmentalists and leaders of opposition parties strongly opposed the setting up of a carbon black manufacturing unit and 150 mw captive power plant being developed by the Continental Carbon India Private Ltd at the public hearing organised by the AP Pollution Control Board (PCB) in the special economic zone (SEZ) in Pudi village in the district on Thursday.

Publication Date:

07/05/2010

Source: Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)

Tags:

Water Pollution, Industrial Pollution, Industry, Power Industry, Special Economic Zones (SEZ), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Environmentalists, Andhra Pradesh, Vishakhapatnam (D), Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad), Public Hearing

Mining