Company begins operations, without clearances, in an elephant corridor
A PUBLIC mineral exploration company is setting up office to explore silica in the Swang reserve forest in Assam. Over 800 elephants use the area as a corridor. The company had done a preliminary survey on the forestland three years back and found the area suitable to mine. The company has started making a road, set up a base office that is negotiating rates with labourers and collecting machinery for the work. But the company has not taken any clearances.
Forest department officials said silica exploration in a reserve forest is under the purview of the Forest Conservation Act 1980, and therefore permission must be obtained from the Centre.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/silica-assams-forest
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/amarjyoti-borah
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/down-earth
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mineral-based-industry
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/state-pollution-control-board-spcb
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/elephant
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/assam
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nagaon-d
