Thursday, December 16, 2010

Gautam Adani's Mundra SEZ under Jairam Ramesh's Radar.

The environment ministry today issued a show-cause notice to Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone Limited, a private port and special economic zone being developed on the west coast of the country, for alleged violation of the provisions of the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification.

Acting on a complaint of NGO Machimar Adhikar Sangharsh Sangathan, the ministry asked the port to reply in 15 days why the clearance accorded to the West port and North port and the environmental clearance accorded to the township project by Gujarat State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) should not be cancelled.

Gautam Adani, the Gujarat based industrialist is considered to be close to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and has flouted envir0nmental rules to develop Mundra .

Issue has been noticed to Mundra SEZ on 15 grounds.

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