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The Union Environment Ministry issued a notification saying that highway projects are exempted from meeting the requirement of environmental clearance.
The Centre has notified amendments to environmental impact assessment rules, exempting highway projects related to defence and strategic importance within 100 km of the Line of Control or the border from the requirement of environmental clearance. The notification issued by the Union Environment Ministry also exempts projects pertaining to the expansion of terminal buildings
Environmental activists had opposed the draft notification issued in April to exempt border projects from environmental clearance, saying it would cause environmental degradation in areas having a fragile ecology
Centre notified amendments to environmental impact assessment rules, exempting highway projects related to defence and strategic importance within 100 km of the Line of Control and Line of Actual Control from requirement of environmental clearance.
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