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Ayaskant Das
Tension Simmers in Baghjan with Compensation not Settled a Year after Oil-Well Blowout
30 Jul 2021
A total of Rs 102.59 crore has been paid as compensation so far even as locals claim several affected families were ignored.
Ayaskant Das
How Modi Govt is Using a Disputed Rule to Exempt Highway Projects from Environmental Clearance
25 Jul 2021
The Supreme Court had directed MoEF&CC in January 2021 to review the exemption rule through an expert committee but any update on that front is not yet known.
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Why Are Adivasis Opposed to Vedanta’s Zinc Smelter Plant in South Gujarat?
17 Jul 2021
A public hearing held on July 5 was disrupted with violence by local residents opposed to the project, but Gujarat government is unlikely to conduct a fresh meeting.
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Millions at Risk of Eviction as Modi Govt Shies Away from Coordinating States to Review Forest Rights Claims
08 Jul 2021
In the lack of specific guidelines and a central monitoring mechanism, the process to review forest rights claims has varied across states.
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Modi Govt’s Policy to Reduce Oil Imports: Subsidise the Rich, Burden the Poor!
25 Jun 2021
Rice meant for the poor will be sold at subsidised rates to privately-owned ethanol distilleries. The industries will be given cheap loans and exempted from Environmental Clearances.
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Did Haryana Government Allow Illegal Chemical Units to Operate under Industrial Lobby Pressure ?
19 Jun 2021
The National Green Tribunal has decided that the government has no power to allow operations of industries that do not have mandatory Environmental Clearances.
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Expert Panel Ignored Key Issues in Giving Nod to Telangana’s First Super Thermal Power Project?
08 Jun 2021
The National Green Tribunal has held back the Environmental Clearance of NTPC’s Ramagundam thermal power project till all key studies are conducted.
Ayaskant Das
At the Heart of Lakshadweep ‘Shock Therapy’ Lies a Policy to Grab Land
30 May 2021
The draft town and country policy gives sweeping powers to Lakshadweep’s Administrator and contains provisions that can lead to mass migration of local population
Ayaskant Das
Modi Govt Trying to Legitimise Industries Set up Illegally Along India’s Coastline ?
26 May 2021
The Bombay High Court has imposed an interim stay upon a procedure issued for industries to procure retrospective Coastal Zone Regulation clearances.
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How a Sand Mining Contractor Partially Diverted Yamuna's Flow at Haryana-Uttar Pradesh Border
11 Apr 2021
An NGT-appointed expert panel has reported that a dyke constructed across the river near Sonepat has now been dismantled by the Haryana Irrigation Department.