There appears to be some confusion over the "fact" of environmental clearance having already been granted. The press release reproduced below lists out various requirements. In case it has in fact been granted then it'd be open to credible challenge before the law courts of the land.
But some authentic info is the need of the hour. Maybe via the RTI route. Are such clearances to be notified in the Gazette? Sukla Date : 14 January 2010 Press Release Secretive Environmental Clearance for Haripur Nuclear Reactor? The statement made by Shri Jairam Ramesh on 13th January 2009 after he met the Chief Minister that the nuclear reactor project in Haripur in Purba Midnapore had received environmental clearance is not only amazing, but smacks of non-democratic and secretive functioning . The Minister's statement is totally out of sync with the procedures laid down by his own ministry. According to the Gazette Notification dated 14th September 2006 published by the Ministry of Environment, all nuclear projects fall under Category A . All such projects can be undertaken only after prior environmental clearance from the Central Government. Prior environmental clearance require fairly elaborate procedures , none of which have taken place in the case of Haripur. They involve for example, an application for environmental clearance by the applicant (in this case Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited), which may be rejected at this stage itself by the regulatory authorities. They also involve a public consultation where the concerns of local affected people as well as all other stakeholders have to be ascertained. The public consultation is to consist of a public hearing in the proximity of the project as well as obtaining written responses from stakeholders. No such actions have been taken in the case of Haripur. In fact due to the resistance put up the local people under the Parmanu Chulli Birodhi O Bheete Mati Jeeban Jeebika Bachao Committee (Committee Against Nuclear Plant and To Save Homes, Life and Livelihood), no Government team has entered the area since 17th November 2006. The notification also talks about placing the Summary Environment Impact Assessment Report on the website and making it available to the public, as well as giving it publicity in order to get public comment. The website of the Ministry of Environment has displayed no such report. This ill-timed and sudden statement by Shri Jairam Ramesh brings to mind another such notification by the Haldia Development Authority in Januray 2007 which led to the start of the Nandigram movement. That notification had disputed legal validity and led to much blood shed and suffering for the people of Nandigram. We urge both the Central and State Governments to learn from these experiences and to abstain from following secretive, non-democratic processes in projects that are effect lives and livelihoods of huge numbers of people . Anuradha Talwar On behalf of the Paschim Banga Khet Majur Samity. 1Shibtala Road, Maheswarpur, Badu Kolkata- 700 128 Ph: 9433264109 Email: pbkm...@gmail. com -- I carry a torch in one hand And a bucket of water in the other: With these things I am going to set fire to Heaven And put out the flames of Hell So that voyagers to God can rip the veils And see the real goal................... .By Rabia (Rabi'a Al-'Adawiyya) Adv Kamayani Bali Mahabal Mobile-00919820749204 skype:lawyercumactivist www.binayaksen.net www.phm-india.org www.phmovement.org www.ifhhro.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Free Binayak Sen" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]<free-binayaksen%[email protected]> . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/free-binayaksen?hl=en-GB. -- Peace Is Doable--
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