From 1 January 2014 to 8 January 2014, the Ministry of Environment & Forests has granted environmental clearance to six long-stalled infrastructure projects.
These projects will entail an investment of Rs 19,000 crore. The ministry has sanctioned all relevant pending approvals - environmental clearances (EC), forest clearances (FC), and coastal regulation zone (CRZ) nods for the six projects. Along with these, most of the projects have also been accorded approval from their respective state governments.
Below are the six projects that received approval:
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New major port at Dugarajapatnam in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, worth Rs 4,006 crore
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Power project of Monnet Power in Orissa. The project, estimated to cost Rs 5,093 crore, will have 1,050 MW capacity. It was held up over water usage clearances though the state government had already granted it permission
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South Eastern Coal Fields' Kotma, Govinda and Meera coal mines worth Rs 22.52 crore
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Western Coalfields' Bhakra mine worth Rs 55.28 crore
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Crude oil pipeline project worth Rs 126 crore from Chennai port to CPCL refinery
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