Udaipur : Udaipur There is a relief news for the mining businessmen who are facing trouble for Environment Clearance Certificate (EC) in the country. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of the Central Government has issued a notification on December 10, constituting the Environment Impact Assessment Authority at the state level. To assist the authority, 4 Expert Appraisal Committees (SIA) have been formed across the state. These committees will examine the EC of about 23 thousand mines in the state in the next three and a half months. These include files of about 10 thousand 600 mines of Udaipur zone. Let us tell you that after the Environment Investigation Committee was dissolved on October 12, the crisis of closure of mines in the state had deepened due to lack of EC. Due to this, there was a possibility of lakhs of people becoming unemployed. This problem of the common people was resolved on December 3. Published prominently in the issue of. After which the government has given this relief.
The Government Secretary of the department has also warned
Principal Secretary to the Mines and Petroleum Department, T. Ravikant, had issued the order on November 28. In this it was said that for the lease of mines operating in the state, the EC will have to be re-examined by the SIA Committee by March 31, 2025. If they do not do so, they will not be allowed to do any kind of mining work after March 31. Action will be taken to cancel non-compliant mining leases and quarry licenses.
This time there was no committee on the basis of zone, the districts were divided into 4 parts.
This time the government has made changes in the composition of the Sia Committee. Earlier a committee was formed according to Udaipur, Jodhpur and Jaipur zones. However, this time 4 committees have been formed in the state.
Udaipur zone has been included in the fourth committee. Udaipur zone includes Udaipur, Banswara, Pratapgarh, Dungarpur, Rajsamand, Chittorgarh, Bhilwara districts.
Former CCF Rahul Bhatnagar is the chairman of this committee, Om Prakash Sharma, Naveen Kumar Vyas, Satish Kumar Shrimali, Dr. Anupam Bhatnagar are included as members.
Additional Chief Environmental Engineer, Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board, Jaipur will be the Member Secretary. Other districts of the state have been included in the other three committees.
Supreme Court has given deadline till March 2025, mines will be closed without inspection
The Supreme Court has given a deadline of March 2025 for the EC investigation. The mines which will not be re-inspected by EC will be closed from April 1. However, this possibility is less now. The tenure of the authority constituted by the Central Government will be three years. In this, former head of Forest Department, Munish Kumar Garg, member, Manphool Singh and member secretary of Environment Department, Rajasthan Government have been made the Chairman.
