ABHIJIT ROY CHOWDHURY
NEW DELHI: In another setback for the Orissa government, Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) Friday issued show cause notice to M/s Jindal Power Plant for the violation of Environment Protection Act for the proposed 6 MPTA integrated Steel Plant and 1000 MW Captive Power Plant at Kerjang, Angul.
In its notice it has asked the company to file its response within 15 days of receiving the show cause notice.
The Ministry while according the prior environmental clearance stipulated the specific condition that “no construction activity at the project site shall be initiated till approval for the 168.232 ha forest land is obtained under the Forest (Conversation) Act.
Complete violation of the ministry’s order the company had started constructing, work like storage godown, roads, foundation for industrial activities like power plant, stockyard plant mill etc.
The environment clearance for 6 MPTA integrated steel plant and 1000 MW Captive Power Plant was accorded environment clearance in Feb 2007.