Srinagar, Sept. 17 -- Scientists have flagged draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2020, claiming that it can seriously threaten the ecological security of Jammu and Kashmir.
On September 2, five hundred scientists, researchers, and academics from India's leading institutions like Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) wrote an open letter to the Union environment ministry, urging it to withdraw the draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2020, saying it is likely to have a catastrophic effect on the ecological and environmental security of the country.
Among them are the signatories from the Centre for Research and Development (CORD) at the University of Kashmir, and Department of Wildlife Sciences, SKA...