• Latest
  • Trending
  • All
  • Latest

  Environmental clearance for defence projects, 25 MW thermal plants exempted

16/07/2022
CRPF man injured in Dec 24 Ganderbal grenade attack succumbs at SKIMS

Nowhatta Encounter: Injured cop succumbs at hospital

15/08/2022
Will make J&K most developed, top performer UT in country: LG

Days of fear, corruption and militancy are over: J&K L-G

15/08/2022
BSF, Pak Rangers exchange sweets at IB in Jammu

BSF, Pak Rangers exchange sweets at IB in Jammu

15/08/2022
India must be a developed nation in 25 years: PM Modi lists five pledges

India must be a developed nation in 25 years: PM Modi lists five pledges

15/08/2022
Dip In Active Covid-19 Cases  

2 Decisions For Youth, Employees

15/08/2022
India gears up to celebrate 75 years of Independence

India gears up to celebrate 75 years of Independence

15/08/2022

President wishes nation ahead of I-Day, mentions partition horrors

15/08/2022

LG Sinha greets people on 75th  Independence Day

15/08/2022

PM, others pay tributes to victims of partition

15/08/2022

Security beefed up in J&K ahead of I-Day celebrations

15/08/2022

AC scraps SO- 192, brings all J&K Govt employees on equal-footing

15/08/2022

Extends ex-gratia of Rs 25 lakhs  to DDC members

15/08/2022

LG joins walkathon to celebrate Har Ghar Tiranga Utsav in Srinagar

15/08/2022

LG launches 2nd phase of Skill Development Training Program for women, youth in BFSI sector

15/08/2022

SPIC MACAY delegation calls on LG Sinha

15/08/2022
  • Home
  • Front
  • Jammu & Kashmir
    • City
  • Anchor stories
  • Business
  • Sports
  • National
  • World
  • Opinion
    • Edit
    • Interviews
    • Letters
  • epaper
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
PRECIOUS KASHMIR
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Front
  • Jammu & Kashmir
    • City
  • Anchor stories
  • Business
  • Sports
  • National
  • World
  • Opinion
    • Edit
    • Interviews
    • Letters
  • epaper
Precious Kashmir
No Result
View All Result
Home Front

  Environmental clearance for defence projects, 25 MW thermal plants exempted

Indo Asian News Service by Indo Asian News Service
16/07/2022
in Front
2 min read
FacebookTwitterWhatsappEmail

By: Nivedita Khandekar

New Delhi: In continuation of its efforts at bringing “ease of doing business”, the Centre on Friday brought changes to the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) notification that provides for exemption of environmental clearance to several projects, including defence related/border areas projects, those up to 25 MW thermal plants based on biomass, or expansion of terminal building of airports.

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change published the final set of amendments to the EIA notification of 2006 that were first proposed on April 11 and had sought feedback, comments and objections from the public and experts.

Since the last two years, the Environment Ministry has proposed a volley of amendments that have been deemed as “dilution” of the EIA process and criticised heavily by environmental activists.

The current set of exemptions come with the condition that standard environmental safeguards for such projects would be followed by the agency executing such projects or the incremental environmental impacts can be catered by providing for environmental safeguards which can be built into the Environmental Management Plan (EMP) at the time of grant of such clearances.

Currently, thermal power plants up to 15 MW based on biomass or non-hazardous Municipal Solid Waste using auxiliary fuel such as coal, lignite/petroleum products up to 15 per cent are exempted from the requirement of EC. Now, no EC would be required for such thermal plants up to 25 MW.

Taking into account the issues of livelihood security of fishermen involved at fish handling ports/harbours and less pollution potential of these ports/harbours compared to others, and that such exclusive ports cater to the small fishermen whose boats have lesser pollution potential, the Ministry has now increased the exemption threshold in terms of fish handling capacity for ports/harbours which exclusively handle fish from 10,000 Tonnes Per Annum to 30,000 TPA.

The Ministry has also exempted from the requirement of EC for highway projects related to defence and strategic importance in border states within 100 kms of the border that are sensitive in nature and in many cases need to be executed on priority keeping in view strategic, defence and security considerations.

“However, these would be subject to prescribing Standard Operating Procedure along with standard environmental safeguards for such projects for self-compliance by the Agency executing such projects,” it said.

The new amendment also exempts expansion of airports up to 20,000 sq metres but only when it involves expansion of terminal building areas. “Most of the expansion activities with regard to existing Airports are related to Terminal Building expansion without increase in existing area of the Airport, rather than expansion of runway, hanger etc., and therefore involves only incremental environmental impacts which can be catered by providing for environmental safeguards which can be built into the Environmental Management Plan at the time of grant of such clearances at the local level,” ministry officials said.

Further, the Ministry has also exempted the additional width at toll plaza and junction improvement at intersections from being included in Right of Way for National Highways more than 100 kms.

When the draft amendments were published in April, Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav had then said: “The Ministry is alive to the concerns about proper EMP implementation. We are working out the modalities to address all such issues and will soon come out with a policy regarding the same.” (IANS)

Share196Tweet123SendSend
Indo Asian News Service

Indo Asian News Service

LATEST UPDATES

Nowhatta Encounter: Injured cop succumbs at hospital

Precious Kashmir 15/08/2022

Days of fear, corruption and militancy are over: J&K L-G

Indo Asian News Service 15/08/2022

BSF, Pak Rangers exchange sweets at IB in Jammu

Indo Asian News Service 15/08/2022

India must be a developed nation in 25 years: PM Modi lists five pledges

Indo Asian News Service 15/08/2022

Militant, policeman injured in Nowhatta encounter: Police

Precious Kashmir 14/08/2022

Gunfight breaks out in Sujan Rajouri

Precious Kashmir 14/08/2022

LG Sinha joins Walkathon to celebrate ‘Har Ghar Tiranga Utsav’ in Srinagar 

Precious Kashmir 14/08/2022

Government scraps SO- 192, brings all government employees in the UT on equal-footing in terms of salary, other benefits

Precious Kashmir 14/08/2022

Amid Forecast For Widespread Rains From Tomorrow, Minimum Temp Increases In J&K

Precious Kashmir 14/08/2022

Cop injured in Kulgam grenade attack succumbs: Police

Precious Kashmir 14/08/2022

CBI arrests revenue official for demanding, accepting bribe in Jammu

Precious Kashmir 13/08/2022

Shah Faesal appointed Deputy Secretary in Tourism Ministry

Indo Asian News Service 13/08/2022

Bitta Karate’s wife, Salahuddin’s son among four sacked on ‘anti-national charges’

Precious Kashmir 13/08/2022

Dry weather with partly cloudy sky likely in J&K

Indo Asian News Service 13/08/2022

Man dies After Falling From Under Construction House In Pahalgam

Precious Kashmir 13/08/2022

3.65 lakh pilgrims visited holy cave of Amarnath shrine this year: J&K LG Manoj Sinha

Precious Kashmir 12/08/2022

Cop Shot At, Injured in Bijbhera, shifted to hospital

Precious Kashmir 12/08/2022

Cyber Police Lodges Case Against Social-media Users for ‘Live Transmission of Explicit Content’

Precious Kashmir 12/08/2022

Committee asked to recommend measures against referrals from public to private hospitals by doctors

Precious Kashmir 12/08/2022

Kupwara: Flash floods cause widespread damage to agricultural fields in Lolab

Precious Kashmir 12/08/2022

Light/moderate rain likely in J&K

Indo Asian News Service 12/08/2022

Non local labourer shot dead in Bandipora

United News Of India 12/08/2022

Referrals of patients from Public to Pvt hospitals: Govt constitutes committee to conduct in-depth inquiry

Precious Kashmir 11/08/2022

Govt abolishes oral test, interview for various posts of level-6

Precious Kashmir 11/08/2022

Mother-daughter duo feared dead as flash floods hit Ramban

Precious Kashmir 11/08/2022
Precious Kashmir

Copyright © 2020 Precious Kashmir.

Navigate Site

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise with Us
  • Terms of Service

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Front
  • Jammu & Kashmir
    • City
  • Anchor stories
  • Business
  • Sports
  • National
  • World
  • Opinion
    • Edit
    • Interviews
    • Letters
  • epaper

Copyright © 2020 Precious Kashmir.