Environmental Clearances in Konkan Region

By Accommodation Times Lok Sabha Bureau
A circular was issued on 16th August, 2010 for imposing a moratorium on consideration of projects under the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006 in Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts in Konkan region, Maharashtra. The moratorium, which is applicable to category ‘A’ and ‘B’ projects, was imposed due to the concerns relating to environmental impacts and likely ecological degradation due to large number of projects proposed in the region as well as the projects under implementation.

The moratorium referred to in parts (a) and (b) of the question above is applicable to the projects except for the projects of national importance, the projects which are located in industrial estates, preferably with zero discharge & improved technologies, sand mining in non-Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) areas and those which were received before the moratorium was imposed in August, 2010.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Environment and Forests (independent charge) Shrimati Jayanthi Natarajan in a written reply to a question by Shri Sanjay Dina Patil and Dr. Sanjeev Ganesh Naik in Lok Sabha 19th Dec 2011.