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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Manohar Lal Khattar wanted the environment minister to fast-track the grant of environmental clearances to 15 formaldehyde manufacturers operating without them for years, in clear violation of the law.
Editor's note: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar lobbied environment minister Prakash Javadekar in March this year to quickly grant environment clearances to 15 companies which violated the environment clearance law and were, at the time, legally not eligible to receive clearance, official documents accessed exclusively by The Morning Context reveal. The 15 companies for whom Khattar was batting are in the business of manufacturing formaldehyde, a carcinogenic chemical that serves, among other things, as the basic raw material for the plywood industry. The companies, located in Yamunanagar district of Haryana, apparently began operations from 2009 onwards without the mandatory environment clearance, or EC. This is a violation of India’s main law for environment clearance, the Environment Impact Assessment, or EIA, notification, 2006. To those unfamiliar with environmental law, failure of a company to apply for and receive EC before commencement of operations may seem like a minor, procedural issue. But the grant of an EC before commencement of a project is mandatory to ensure that any likely adverse impacts that may be caused by its activities are assessed properly and in …
Divergent narratives from the Haryana government and the lender raise deeper questions on oversight, authorizations and systemic lapses—answers that may emerge only after a forensic audit.
The window to prevent the worst impacts of climate change has shut. The heat is on global leaders at the annual climate talks in Brazil to deliver more than just theatre.
The Kanjurmarg landfill, operated by Antony Waste Handling Cell Ltd., is safe from the axe for now. But its fate remains a major source of worry for the company's shareholders and the city's residents alike.
