Congress leader and MP Jairam Ramesh has written to Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav over the Great Nicobar Island project, alleging a continued lack of transparency from the Central government.
Ramesh demanded a public disclosure of key environmental documents, including conservation and mitigation plans, the updated Environmental Management Plan, and several supporting studies.
He argued that the project's environmental assessments are inadequate and that the government's invocation of "strategic objectives" cannot justify withholding critical documents.
Ramesh also pointed out that the environmental clearance calls for conservation and mitigation plans to be submitted within 15 days after the clearance was granted, but these plans are not publicly available.
He further stated that some institutions were supposed to submit revised proposals for monitoring and mitigation plans, but these are also not in the public domain.
The Congress leader has been repeatedly challenging the rationale and clearances behind the mega project, and his latest letter is the latest in a series of exchanges between him and Yadav.
