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West Bengals Chemical Hub Halted by Environment Ministry
October 28, 2007 at 10:49 AM
Environmental Health
With Nandigram in revolt against a proposed chemical hub, the project was shifted to the Nayachar island on the Hooghly river in the same East Midnapore district. However, in a letter the environment ministry said Nayachar falls under the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) area and any industry there is strictly prohibited.
"We had sent a Right to Information (RTI) questionnaire (dated Oct 1) to the union ministry seeking certain clarifications about the state government's plan to set up a chemical hub at Nayachar," Santanu Chakraborty, assistant secretary of NGO Direct Initiative for Social and Health Action (DISHA), who prepared the questionnaire, told IANS.
"In reply, the additional director of MoEF, Dr. A. Senthilvel, informed us that the ministry does not have any knowledge about such a plan or any proposal for setting up a chemical hub at Nayachar."
DISHA fights against environmental degradation.
Chakraborty said it was clearly mentioned in the letter from the ministry that Nayachar is classified as CRZ-I and III under a 1991 notification.
The MoEF letter says, "...In the CRZ area setting up of industry or 'expansion of existing industry' is a prohibited activity..."
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