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Civil society scores a win as an SC-appointed panel red-flags projects in Goa’s forests
The Central Empowered Committee recommended the cancellation of double-tracking of a railway line from Castle Rock in Karnataka to Kulem in Goa. May 14, 2021 · 09:30 pm Activists have been campaigning advocating for the protection of the Mollem National Park and Bhagwan Mahaveer Wildlife Sanctuary. | Indranil Mukherjee / AFP
On April 23, the Central Empowered Committee, a fact-finding body appointed by the Supreme Court of India to research on matters related to the environment, in response to a petition filed by non-profit Goa Foundation, released a report red-flagging three infrastructure projects in Goa that threaten the biodiversity of Mollem National Park and Bhagwan Mahaveer Wildlife Sanctuary.
Scrap road, rail, power projects critiqued by SC panel: Opp to Goa CM
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Panaji, April 28 : Days after the Supreme Court s Central Empowered Committee (CEC) slammed the South Western Railways track doubling project as non-justifiable and recommended major alterations to other road and power projects in protected forest areas along the Goa-Karnataka border, the opposition has now demanded scrapping of the three projects.
Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat on Wednesday said that the CEC report has also vindicated the stand of the opposition, which had rallied against the three projects, and nailed the BJP s intention of destroying the state s environment for sake of crony capitalism .
Scrap road, rail, power projects critiqued by SC panel: Opposition to Goa CM
Wed, Apr 28 2021 10:12:19 AM
Panaji, Apr 28 (IANS): Days after the Supreme Court s Central Empowered Committee (CEC) slammed the South Western Railways track doubling project as non-justifiable and recommended major alterations to other road and power projects in protected forest areas along the Goa-Karnataka border, the opposition has now demanded scrapping of the three projects.
Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat on Wednesday said that the CEC report has also vindicated the stand of the opposition, which had rallied against the three projects, and nailed the BJP s intention of destroying the state s environment for sake of crony capitalism .
Days after the Supreme Court s Central Empowered Committee (CEC) slammed the South Western Railways track doubling project as non-justifiable and recommended major alterations to other road and power projects in protected forest areas along the Goa-Karnataka border, the opposition has now demanded scrapping of the three projects. Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat on Wednesday said that the CEC report has also vindicated the stand of the opposition, which had rallied against the three projects, and nailed the BJP s intention of destroying the state s environment for sake of crony capitalism . The report of the CEC has vindicated our stand that the BJP is all out to sell Goa to the crony club to make a fortune by destroying the environment and identity of Goa. Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant must make his stand clear now and immediately write to the Centre to stop all three projects, Kamat said, reacting to the report of the CEC which was submitted to the Supreme Court last