NEDUMBASSERY: Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has clarified that the KGS Group has not been given the permission to conduct environmental impact study on Aranmula airport project. He was speaking to media persons at Nedumbasery airport on Saturday.
“The current status is that the Supreme Court has upheld the Green Tribunal order cancelling the environmental sanction. Even if the KGS group gives an application, it can’t be considered. The sanction given by the earlier UPA government for environmental impact study was cancelled by the present government. Within two weeks a meeting of state ministers will be called to discuss the implementation of Kasturi Rangan report,” the minister said.
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Mullaperiyar dam safe, says Union Minister
Sunday, January 15, 2012: Union minister of state for parliamentary affairs and planning Ashwani Kumar on Sunday said that the 116 year old Mullaperiyar dam is safe.
The Minister said that all steps will be taken to ensure the security of the dam in the future. He said experts who had examined the dam have established this and steps would be taken to strengthen the dam.
He also added that as the issue comes under the purview of the Supreme Court, the report need to be scrutinised by the SC-appointed empowered panel.
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