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NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL CHENNAI (SOUTHERN ZONE BENCH)
Pushpa Sathyanarayana, Judicial Member, Satyagopal Korlapati, Expert Member
G. Praveena – Appellant
Versus
State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. factual background of project and clearances (Para 1 , 2 , 5 , 6 , 9 , 10 , 14) |
| 2. illegal segmentation to evade eia requirements (Para 3 , 4 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20) |
| 3. project compliance with eia category 8(b) (Para 7 , 8 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 21 , 22) |
| 4. mandatory comprehensive cumulative impact assessment (Para 15 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 32 , 33) |
| 5. failure to consider alternative sites (Para 30 , 31) |
| 6. environmental clearance suspended for reassessment (Para 34 , 35) |
JUDGMENT
Delivered by Smt. Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana, Judicial Member
1. The appellants, who are residents of Manallur and Sanaputhur villages of Gummidipoondi Taluk, are challenging the Environmental Clearance granted on 22.04.2024 in favour of the 2nd respondent.
2. The Environmental Clearance is granted for the proposed industrial estate in the midst of several villages and plant by agricultural fields. The concern of the appellant is stated to be for the protection of the environment and save their villages from any kind of pollution issue.
3. It is alleged by them that the 2nd respondent, which is SIPCOT, had obtained Environmental Clearance by playing a fraud on the process by illegal
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