Posco: MoEF panel visits captive port site

Though the committee was earlier mandated to look into FRA implementation and rehabilitation measures,the state government is worried after the MoEF expanded the committees mandate on August 27,asking it to review compliance of Environmental Impact Assessment,Coastal Regulation Zone and other clearances by the central ministry and state government.

The committee last month had finished its assessment of the implementation of the FRA at the project site. The panel members,who visited the proposed port site Jatadhar river mouth on Tuesday,inspected the map of the port and interacted with the locals listening to their apprehensions about the port. The panel members inquired about its distance from the existing port in Paradip and possible CRZ violation if the project was allowed to come up.