Some drastic action to clear the web from false EIA reports and fraudulent clearances. What is your reaction??
SHIMLA: The green bench of the Himachal Pradesh high court slapped a fine of Rs 100 crore on Jaiprakash Associates on Friday for setting up a cement plant fraudulently. The court quashed the environmental clearance granted to the company's thermal plant and directed that it be dismantled within three months. It also called for a special investigation team to be set up to see if state officials were involved.
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It is very good to see that some actions were took place
This will set an example for future assesers, I hope. Glad to know this.
It is well-known, atleast in Kerala, that members of SEIAA are hand picked political associates. It is also known that some people who were non-PhDs during their service as senior lectures have got conferred (bought) doctorates from fake universities. They had to get such degrees to get qualified to become member of SEIAA. Only lucky thing is that some of the judges are green and white.
Ajay B Dwivedi said:
Sir,
Continuation of this trend is the worst scene. Meaning, do something and pay the price. Life imprisonment is welcome for the officials.
Prof Dr V N Sivasankara Pillai said:
Dr Pillai,
Who knows they really are!!
You are an acadamecian and a propfessional with a good experience to my understanding. If officials really worked for the Country, this would have never happened with the levels of screening and the system of SEAC and SEIAA or EAC and EIAA as the case may be.
It is not system failure, it is engineered failure of individuals to make the system fail.
Our neighbouring Factory emmites pollutions in Air Our factory at Wada THANA near Mumbai , India.
Pls help me how to go ahead to stop this activity involving local gov. representative. Our Management already submmited complain along with Vidio photo.
good news , indeed! kudos to the green bench.
Officials need to be suspended first, because there are many screening processes and opportunities where official channel can prevent this and prove the report to be fraudulent.
If this has not happened, it means that officials have failed to ascertain the fact, meaning to have failed to execute the duties entrusted to them.
If they tried their best and could not find out falsifications, it is worse, they are unfit for the job entrusted by The Govt.
The method of EC is definitely full proof and allows no mal-practice. With SEAC and SEIAA in operation there is no way an industry can do mal-practice except the authorities themselves being mal-functioning. Even having once granted the EC, if the data were falsified, authorities are always open to revoke the EC.
When the matter has been dragged to The Hon. High Court it has been manifested that the authorities have failed to do the needful willingly.
A deterrent will be life imprisonment for proponent, EIA consultant and those involved in granting clearance.
If the trend continues, MoEF will be rich to the tune of deposits in Swiss banks!
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