Along with Mr. Kuttiappan, Senior Technical Consultant, CAG, our researchers Mr. Dhilip, Ms. Bhagyashree Rath and Ms. Harshavardhini went for a site visit around ITPCL, Cuddalore on March 15th, 2018. The visual observations and inferences made from the site visit, including the concerns raised by the local people have been compiled as a report.
Recently, the government of Tamil Nadu petitioned Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister- Environment, Forests and Climate Change, seeking exemption from the Public Hearing process for a few categories of projects. Public Hearing is, by far, the most institutionalised platform that people have, to voice their views on issues concerning them and the environment. And yet, the government wants to do away with it.
CAG’s Comments on the Executive Summary, Form-1, TOR, Amended TOR, Draft EIA Report and Pre-Feasibility report for proposed Singareni collieries company Ltd, for establishment of 1 x 600 MW (Additional unit) of coal Based
CAG’s Comments on the Executive Summary, Form-1 and Pre-Feasibility report for proposed Thermal power station –II (2nd Expansion) project in Mudanai village in Virudhachalam Taluk, Cuddalore Districts, Tamil Nadu by M/s. Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited.
IL&FS Tamil Nadu Power Company Limited (ITPCL), which runs a 1200 MW coal-based power plant in Cuddalore, is seeking to amend its Environmental Clearance (issued in May 2010), to change the nature of its coal- from fully imported Indonesian coal to a blend of 25 % lignite(from Neyveli Lignite Corporation's mines) and 75 % imported Indonesian coal. This proposal, which now involves transporting lignite by road passing through 29 villages, is being labelled 'modernisation'. Here are CAG's comments on why the proposed change- without a thorough EIA- is problematic.
Two years after commissioning a captive power plant with a multilayer-coated board project in Manapparai Taluk in Trichy, the TamilNadu Newsprint and Papers Limited has proposed an expansion. Here are the comments from CAG on the proposed expansion, submitted to the TNPCB as part of the Public Consultation process. In this, we highlight issues in the proposed wastewater discharge mechanism, its impact on groundwater and soil, and the provision of drinking water to nearby villages, which has been a contentious issue since the start of the plant.
This Information booklet series aims to demystify the EIA process for Thermal power plants.
The six booklets in the series include:
1. Thermal power plants and EIA process
2. Empowering communities on EIA process
3. Judgements and Circulars
4. Renewable Energy
5. Monitoring and Compliance
6. Demystifying EIA report