On Sunday, September 16, 2012 at 7:27:15 PM UTC+5:30, AYUSH wrote: > > For your information > > *AYUSH** experience* > > This mail is sent to you to share experience > As we are working/staying at different location our individual experience > may helpful to each other. So we will be sharing our individual > experiences, it may help other peoples to learn good things. If you wish > you can send your experience which is useful to others > > माना महित आहे सगल्यन्चे वेग वेगलि परिस्थिति रेहेते, वेगवेगल अनुभव रेहेत, पन > जर अपले केलेल्य जुन्या चुका आपल्य नविन पोरा हि परत नाय कराया पहजत तय जर > तुह्यान तुझा अनुभव सन्गलास त फार बेस होल > > *Save Land Save Dahanu Save Nature* > > > > > P&O Vadhavan project declared "illegal" > <http://save-vadhavan.blogspot.com/2012/09/p-vadhavan-project-declared-illegal.html> > > > > *Our Infrastructure Bureau * > ------------------------------ > > Mumbai, Sept 19: The Dahanu Taluka Environmental Protection Authority > (DTEPA), headed by Justice C Dharmadhikari, has declared P&O Ports' $950 > million Vadhavan project as "wholly impermissible and, therefore, illegal." > The decision has come as a major blow to the project.The decision is > expected to seriously affect investor sentiment in the state's port sector. > The DTEPA was instituted by the Supreme Court and asked by the state > government to look into the legality and environmental feasibility of the > port project. > The decision is applicable only under a 1991 notification, which declared > Dahanu as ``eco-fragile''. However, as far as establishing the legality of > constructing a port in a coastal zone regulation (CZR) (I) is concerned, > the DTEPA has left it to the state government to approach the high court, > if necessary. Repeated attempts to contact the senior management of P&O > Ports, Australia, the lead developers of the project, failed. However, BP > Pandey, chief executive officer at the MaharashtraMaritime Board (MMB), > said. "We are studying the order and will soon decide the future course of > action." > The DTEPA, in its order, has clearly stated that "in the regional plan > prepared for the Dahanu area, there is no provision for a port at Vadhavan > or any other site in Dahanu. The proposed project, therefore, will be a > clear violation of the plan." The order, thereby, clearly seals the fate of > the project under the regional plan. > The DTEPA has also stated that a vast mega port, such as the one P&O > planned, fell within the definition of an industry. And industries under > the Dahanu plan could come in a 500 acre area already earmarked as an > industrial zone. > Taking note of a NEERI report, which has already declared the port > detrimental to the environment, the DTEPA has acknowledged Dahanu as the > last surviving green zone in that coastal area. In what could further > complicate the case, the DTEPA has also stated that although the regional > plan could be changed, the changes have to be in accordance with > thenotification of eco-fragility of the area. This, to some extent, could > prove an impediment in the way of the authorities trying to amend the > regional plan itself under which the DTEPA order is being passed. > The DTEPA has also rapped P&O Ports, stating that it has not availed of > the opportunity given to conduct environmental surveys necessary for the > detailed environmental-impact assessment report. P&O Ports had received the > permission to do so on August 11, but had failed to provide the information > to the DTEPA. Instead, P&O had asked the DTEPA to first settle the issue of > legality of the site. Therefore, the authority has been forced to issue > this order. > When P&O first proposed the project, it was opposed by environmental > activists on two grounds. One, it violated the Dahanu notification of 1991 > declaring the area as an eco-fragile zone; and two, it was illegal under > the coastal zone regulation. The DTEPA has declared the site illegal under > the eco-fragility notifications. It has, however, left theentire issue of > whether a port can be constructed in a CRZ untouched. P&O and the state > government can, therefore, approach the high court for a clarification on > the issue. > The other option for the state government, which is extremely keen to see > the project come through, is a modification of the Dahanu notification > itself for which they will have to approach the ministry of environment and > forest. According to sources, a Dahanu-based industry association had > already given a memorandum to the MOEF to denotify Dahanu as eco-fragile as > it was stifling the growth of industries and employment generation in the > area. While the MOEF has confirmed that they have received the memorandum, > no decision has been taken on the matter. > > Copyright © 1998 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd. > > read original at : > http://www.expressindia.com/fe/daily/19980920/26355314.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > For source of information, please visit - > http://save-vadhavan.blogspot.in/ > > Note - > 1. This mail is to just to share experience > 2. 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