Javadekar’s green light always on, 240 projects...
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Industry also received a boost after the FAC approved the diversion of a
massive 7,122 hectares of forestland for development projects in the
Narendra Modi government’s first three months. The committee approved 33
of 41 projects it considered, including six salt leases to companies in
Gujarat --- held back for the last two years because of its adverse
impact on the livelihood of locals.
The FAC in Javadekar’s three months allowed diversion of forestland equal to what it did in the first year of Ramesh as environment minister, monthly data for forestland diversion compiled by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) shows.
The fast approvals became possible after easing norms including expansion of coal mining projects from mandatory public hearing, and keeping the decision on nodevelopment zones in abeyance.
The FAC in Javadekar’s three months allowed diversion of forestland equal to what it did in the first year of Ramesh as environment minister, monthly data for forestland diversion compiled by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) shows.
The fast approvals became possible after easing norms including expansion of coal mining projects from mandatory public hearing, and keeping the decision on nodevelopment zones in abeyance.
Javadekar said the NDA government was pursuing the goal of higher
economic growth with environmental protection. He listed a series of
steps taken by his ministry for environment protection, including
upgrading emission standards for the highly polluting cement industry
and closing of polluting industries on the banks of the Ganga.
“The steps are pro-environment… See the steps we are taking to protect the environment. Earlier, environment protection was ideological discourse and now we care for nature,” Javadekar said, when asked to respond to the HT analysis on project approvals.
Environmentalists say the ministry’s project approva lspree indense forest areas in Maoist-affected regions in Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Jharkhand would not have been possible without the easing of stringent green norms.
“Will new minister Prakash Javadekar keep perpetuating a bad system or make a real difference for real change,” asked Sunita Narain, director general of the Centre for Science and Environment.
sumit kumar singh
pgdm 3 rd sem
“The steps are pro-environment… See the steps we are taking to protect the environment. Earlier, environment protection was ideological discourse and now we care for nature,” Javadekar said, when asked to respond to the HT analysis on project approvals.
Environmentalists say the ministry’s project approva lspree indense forest areas in Maoist-affected regions in Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Jharkhand would not have been possible without the easing of stringent green norms.
“Will new minister Prakash Javadekar keep perpetuating a bad system or make a real difference for real change,” asked Sunita Narain, director general of the Centre for Science and Environment.
sumit kumar singh
pgdm 3 rd sem
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