SHAHNAWAZ AKHTAR
Giridih, June 8: This is probably a first in the history of Giridih.
Giving into public protests, the local administration today stalled the construction of a sponge iron unit by Shivam Group in Udnabad on pollution grounds. It also promised the villagers that no clearance would be given to any such plant in the future without a public hearing.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/polluting-unit-plan-scrapped
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/telegraph-ranchi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mineral-based-industry
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/industrial-pollution
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/giridih-d
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jharkhand