Checklist for Environmental Public Hearings and Public Consultation under EIA Notification 2006
The EIA notification, 2006 specifies four stages for the environment clearance of development and industrial projects listed as Category A (central level clearance) and Category B (state level clearance) in the Schedule of the EIA notification. These are: Screening, Scoping, Public Consultation and Appraisal. This checklist gives some guiding points on what people can do before, during and after a public consultation process.

To download the checklist in Hindi click here.


Articles on the subject:

Environment Protection Act reduced to a travesty of their mandate

Posco Steel, Divide and Conquer, with plant and port

Koodankulam goes nuclear, Manju Menon, Himal magazine

The SEZ onslaught, Manju Menon, Kanchi Kohli, Divya Badami, The Hindu Survey of Environment

Break it up and speed ahead, Kanchi Kohli, Infochange, June 2007

The Sabotage from within, Manju Menon and Kanchi Kohli, Tehelka

Environmental Decision Making: Whose agenda? Manju Menon and Kanchi Kohli, Economic and Political Weekly

Trails that lead nowhere, Kanchi Kohli and Manju Menon, Hindustan Times, 25 May 2007

Note on the new EIA notification

Letter to the Prime Minister on the draft EIA notification

Letter to Sitaram Yechuri on  EIA notification 2006

Open letter on EIA notification 2006

Amendments to Environmental Notifications only after wider consultations!
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Letter to the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board regarding the Koodankulam Nuclear Power project.

The Athirappilly Hydroelectric Project