The Chhattisgarh Government has initiated legal proceedings against as many as 12 companies for going ahead with construction work for projects besides taking up expansion of their already existing units without seeking prior environment clearance approvals from Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and the consent of State-level Environment Conservation authority.
The 12 units, which went ahead with construction work for projects (as per the official list available with The Pioneer) besides taking up expansion of their units between 2009 to 2013, have not taken prior environment clearance approvals from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest and the Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board, top official sources here informed.
The companies which had been officially listed for not taking prior environment clearance approvals and legal proceedings initiated against them as on January 1, 2014 are —Radha Madhav Industries Pvt ltd (Mungeli district), Rajaram Maize Products (Green Power Division), Rajnandgaon, UB Engineering Fabrication Unit, Durg district, Sarda Energy and Minerals ltd, Raigarh, Jindal Steel & Power ltd (Dongamhua Captive Power Plant Project), Raigarh, Raigarh Ispat and Power ltd, Raigarh, Jindal Power ltd, Raigarh, Korba West Power Company ltd, Raigarh, Visa Power ltd, Raigarh, Jindal Power ltd (Coal Washery 800 T.P.H), Raigarh, GMR Energy ltd, Raipur and Godavari Ispat and Power ltd, Raipur.
Out of the 12 companies facing legal action, seven have their units in Raigarh district alone.