Kochi: BJP in Kerala today said it would file a review petition before the Environment Ministry’s Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC), seeking quashing of its decision to grant Terms of Reference to the project proponent to conduct yet another Environmental Impact Assessment for the proposed Aranmula airport. State BJP chief Kummanam Rajasekharan claimed the project proponent KGS group, which was trying to push the airport project, was not eligible to conduct further studies and alleged that the group had “violated” all laws, including the Kerala Land Reform Act and Environment Protection laws.
“If they are planning to go ahead with the project, we will resist it with all our strength. We will file a review petition before the EAC, requesting them to quash its decision to grant ToR for conducting yet another EIA for the airport. The review petition will be filed in two days,” he told reporters here. He claimed that Union Environment and Forest Minister Anil Madhav Dave had assured him that the EAC recommendations to conduct a fresh environment study would be cancelled. “We have submitted a memorandum to the Minister against the project. No sanction has been given by the Aranmula panchayat for the project,” he said.
Stepping up its campaign against the proposed airport, BJP’s state unit today released a letter written by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar to Rajasekharan in May this year informing him that the Defence Ministry has not given the green signal to the proposed airport in Aranmula.
16/08/16 PTI/India.com
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“If they are planning to go ahead with the project, we will resist it with all our strength. We will file a review petition before the EAC, requesting them to quash its decision to grant ToR for conducting yet another EIA for the airport. The review petition will be filed in two days,” he told reporters here. He claimed that Union Environment and Forest Minister Anil Madhav Dave had assured him that the EAC recommendations to conduct a fresh environment study would be cancelled. “We have submitted a memorandum to the Minister against the project. No sanction has been given by the Aranmula panchayat for the project,” he said.
Stepping up its campaign against the proposed airport, BJP’s state unit today released a letter written by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar to Rajasekharan in May this year informing him that the Defence Ministry has not given the green signal to the proposed airport in Aranmula.
16/08/16 PTI/India.com
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