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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Govt stay on Posco project to continue by Nitin Sethi

Govt stay on Posco project to continue by Nitin Sethi

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published Published on Oct 25, 2010   modified Modified on Oct 25, 2010


The Forest Advisory Committee of the Union environment and forests decided on Monday to not lift the temporary stay order on the forest clearance for Posco's Integrated Steel Project at Orissa. This would imply continued stay on all activities at the Posco site.

After a lengthy hearing with the state government officials present, the FAC decided to refer the possible violations of the Forest Rights Act to the Union ministry of tribal affairs before it reviews the stay on forest clearance again.

The FAC held its meeting in the wake of the four-member Meena Gupta committee report. In its majority report, it had cited violations of the Forest Right Act and falsification of data by the Orissa government to secure a clearance from the Centre.

Even the dissenting note by the chair of the committee had pointed to violations of FRA but recommended that the rights of the people be ascertained as per process within three months.

The forest clearance that MoEF had earlier given to Posco under the Forest Conservation Act was predicated on the condition that the state government completes all the requirements under the Forest Rights Act.

When another committee of the MoEF, headed by National Advisory Council member N C Saxena found that the Orissa government had not implemented the provisions of the Forest Rights Act at the Posco site and demanded revocation of the forest clearance, the MoEF instead suspended its clearance temporarily.

The majority report of the Gupta committee too came to the same conclusion, that the state government violated the FRA and furnished falsified data. It also recommended that the forest clearance be cancelled completely and not just held in suspension.

The Gupta committee report was referred to the FAC by Union environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh.

The FAC, sources said, remained divided about how to pursue the Forest Rights Act case even though the ministry has made its implementation mandatory pre-requisite for forest clearances. Some members of FAC, sources said, voiced concerns that the FRA was being misused in several cases. Unable to conclude if it would evaluate the FRA documentation itself it instead decided to send the case to the nodal tribal affairs ministry for further review.


The Times of India, 26 October, 2010, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/developmental-issues/Govt-stay-on-Posco-project-to-continue/articleshow/6811244.cms


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