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Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding Environment Clearance (EC) granted to the integrated Kashang Hydro-Electric project (243 MW) in district Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh, 28/01/2016

  • 28/01/2016

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Bhagat Singh Kinnar Vs Union of India & Others dated 28/01/2016 regarding Environment Clearance (EC) granted to the integrated Kashang Hydro-Electric project (243 MW) in district Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh.

NGT is of the opinion that there are no substantial grounds calling for the Court's interference with the EC in question granted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests however, to ensure compliance to the latest standards and ensure proper implementation of mitigative measures, NGT ordered a Committee to be constituted to review the terms and conditions of EC after revision of the EIA/EMP report based on mostly secondary data apart from review of the budgetary provisions in the EMP, and submit a compliance report to the Tribunal within a period of 2 months along with a comprehensive monitoring-cum-progress report on implementation of the terms and conditions of EC by various agencies not only the Project Proponent.