Govt To Soon Release Code For Green Structures

After dangling a carrot in front of developers and citizens to promote environment-friendly buildings, the state government seems to have yanked it away for now.

Also exempts mining of soil up to 2 hectares for laying foundation from green NoC

The Cabinet has cleared a proposal that allows expansion of highways up to 100 km without environmental clearance, a move seen speeding up revival of a sector that is key to higher economic growth.

A seven-member committee formed by the Union Ministry of Environment & Forest (MoEF) has submitted a report before the Gujarat High Court (HC) saying corporate giant Adani's subsidiary Adani Ka

In a major relief to highway widening projects, the Cabinet on Thursday allowed exemption of environmental clearance requirement for stretches up to 100 km in length.

Expansion Of Highway Stretches Up To 100km Now Easier

In a major relief to highway widening projects, the Cabinet on Thursday allowed exemption of environmental clearance requirement for stretches up to 100 km in length. Earlier, this was for stretches up to 30 km, as a result of which most expansion projects required green nod from the environment ministry.

While company claims to have obtained deemed environment clearance under rules of EIA Notification, 2006

While the Adani Group-owned Adani Port and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) claimed that it had obtained deemed environmental clearance as per law, people from Navinal village in Mundra, Kutch where the SEZ is located alleged in a public interest litigation (PIL) that company was flaunting its earlier order of stay on construction and development activities there.

The Rs 11,640-cr project may get further delayed if coal is not made available.