Chennai:, Sept. 17 -- The State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) has issued a notice to the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC) on the environmental concerns over a hydrocarbon exploratory project in Ramanathapuram district, officials in the state government said.

"SEIAA has issued a notice to ONGC asking for the status of the Petroleum Exploration License (which they have to obtain from the department of natural resources)," finance minister Thangam Thennarusu, who also holds the Environment and Climate Change and Forests portfolio, told HT.

The SEIAA had earlier granted ONGC clearance to carry out an environmental impact study on hydrocarbon reserves in Ramanathapuram dated March but it came to light in August ...