Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan declared that there was no bottleneck in green clearances, and made public the status of various projects, as she sought to counter barbs from companies and colleagues in the government about alleged delays in clearances.

“My object in giving all the details is to show that there is no delay in terms of processing. There is no bottleneck in this ministry and all projects that can be cleared have been cleared and we are not a bottleneck by any stretch of imagination,” Natarajan said.