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| The project was proposed in 2009, on a site just 400 metres from the sacred Pamba river and the renowned Aranmula Parthasarathy Temple. Photo courtesy: The New India Express |
The
Bench of judicial member Justice M. Chockalingam and expert member R.
Nagendran passed the order on some petitions from the Aranmula Heritage
Village Action Council and others.
The Bench observed
that the consultant, Enviro Care India Private Ltd, was not competent
to prepare the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) report or appear
before the Environment Assessment Committee in respect of the airport
project.
The tribunal held that a public hearing
conducted for the proposed airport was in violation of the mandatory
provisions under the EIA Notifications, 2006.
The
recommendations of the Environment Assessment Committee of the Union
Ministry of Environment and Forest for grant of Environment Clearance
(EC) in respect of the project had been violated. The EC granted by the
Union Ministry on November 18, 2013 was set aside and consequently the
project proponent, KGS International Airport Ltd., was restrained from
carrying out any activities
Satyagraha withdrawn
Aranmula
Heritage Village Action Council leader Kummanam Rajashekharan said the
council decided to withdraw the 107-day-old indefinite satyagraha at
Aranmula on Wednesday afternoon in the wake of the National Green
Tribunal judgement against the airport project.
However, the agitation would continue till the illegally converted paddy land was reconverted to its original status, he added.
In
a statement here, the anti-airport co-ordination committee urged the
government to cancel the clearances granted by the Defence as well as
the Civil Aviation Ministries for the project.
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