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The submissions successful effect to 2 petitions filed by biology activistic Ashish Kothari were based connected the study of a high-powered committee (HPC), formed aft the April 2023 NGT direction.
The Union Environment Ministry successful its antagonistic affidavit to the NGT’s eastbound portion seat stated that the clearances granted for the Great Nicobar infrastructure project person not violated the Island Coastal Regulation Zone (ICRZ) notification, 2019 and NGT orders to revisit the project’s greenish clearances person been complied with.
The ministry has besides filed an exertion with NGT, seeking a larger seat of six members to perceive the ongoing petitions regarding the project.
“The answering responsive has revisited the EC (environmental clearance) and complied with the directions of NGT…and the HPC has concluded the EC and CRZ (Coastal Regulation Zone) adhere to the instant statutory provisions successful this regard,” the Ministry’s antagonistic affidavit stated.
The submissions successful effect to 2 petitions filed by biology activistic Ashish Kothari were based connected the study of a high-powered committee (HPC), formed aft the April 2023 NGT direction.
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Concerns implicit histrion felling
As per authorities data, astir a cardinal trees volition beryllium felled for the Great Nicobar ‘Holistic Development’ Project. It volition request acquisition of 834.6 hectares of land, of which astir 400 hectares is backstage onshore and the remainder is authorities land, arsenic per the project’s societal interaction appraisal report.
One of Kothari’s pleas sought the exclusion of the project’s activities from ICRZ-IA owed to alleged violations of ICRZ notification 2019, portion different alleged that the ministry had not complied with the NGT’s orders connected revisiting the project’s clearance.
The ministry submitted that it had formed the HPC, which convened 3 meetings betwixt April and July 2023 and conducted a thorough re-examination of issues raised successful the appeals against project’s clearances.
To ascertain whether immoderate portion of the task fell successful ICRZ-IA area, National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management carried retired a crushed truthing workout successful June 2023 and concluded that nary portion fell successful ICRZ-IA area.
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