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Court expresses concerns that the revised definition may broaden non-Aravalli areas, potentially enabling unregulated mining and ecological degradation.
Union Minister Bhupender Yadav stated that it allows sustainable mining in only a small fraction of the area while protecting the majority of the range.
The Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB), Konkan Railway Corporation, and the Public Works Department (PWD) had earlier signed a tripartite agreement to execute the ₹2,134 crore project.
The EAC noted that the proposal had already received a recommendation from the State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC) of Kerala.
A new notification from the ministry says that such industrial units need not obtain either ‘consent to establish’ or ‘consent to operate’ from the PCB.
A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka, Ahsanuddin Amanulllah and Augustine George Masih said the CAQM Act was enacted without creating the required machinery to tackle air pollution.
In a letter to the centre, the Greens cited that there was a deliberate misrepresentation of facts in the application submitted for getting first-level clearance for the project.
The meeting was called at a time when Tamil Nadu has been raising strong protests against the state's move to build the dam.
Namibian cheetah Aasha had given birth to three cubs on January 3. However, only one of them survived.
The amendment has provisions to use forest land for non-forest purposes, including for linear infrastructure projects such as railway tracks, roads and for carrying out strategic constructions along the country's borders without prior permission
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