India, April 16 -- The hearing was scheduled for December 17, 2020 but was cancelled after people resisted

Andhra Pradesh government conducted a public hearing April 12 for a Rs 650 crore onshore oil and gas project by Cairn Oil & Gas, a unit of Vedanta Ltd amid a sharp and unprecedented increase in the number of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in India.

The hearing was held in Kaza village in Krishna district at 11am and was attended by around 150-200 people, according to sources present at the hearing.

"Guidelines by the Union home ministry and Andhra Pradesh government restrict the number of people in a gathering to 100. The public hearing was held in violation of these guidelines," said advocate Somasekhar Vaddi.

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