India, April 18 -- Forest Advisory Committee, which comes under MoEF, cited a lack of information as well as many inconsistencies in the proposal
Citing lack of vital information, the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) has sent back the proposal for diverting 383.37 hectare (ha) of virgin forest land for mining in Nowamundi Iron Ore Mine in West Singbhum District of Jharkhand. The proposal was in favour of Tata Steel Ltd for carrying out iron ore mining in the Chaibasa South division of Saranda forest. The decision was taken by the FAC on the meeting held on March 28.
The area is a part of the Management plan for Sustainable mining (MPSM) in the Saranda forest of Jharkhand. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) had...