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Activist-politician Kanu Kalsaria who led a farmers agitation against Nirmas cement plant between 2008 and 2011 in Bhavnagar districts Mahuva has written a letter to local authorities, urging them not to grant Environmental Clearance (EC) to the firm for its three proposed limestone mines in the area...
In a letter, which is part of the minutes of meeting of the public hearing conducted by the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) on April 28, the former BJP MLA stated, After about 13 years, there will be an attempt to get environmental approval again by Nirma Ltd, which is completely unfair and against the law..
The letter addressed to Bhavnagar District Collector and public hearing committee chairman RK Mehta further quotes Kalsaria as saying that Nirma Ltd had obtained various approvals for an integrated cement plant (cement and clinker project) since 2009..
Nirma further underlined the clearance received in 2008 was for a cement plant and the public hearing held by GPCB on April 28, was for mining leases..
. However, I wrote the letter to authorities to emphasise that the two committees that had worked on the Nirma Cement plant project had clearly mentioned that the entire area was part of a wetland, he added...
