The Hindu Business Line : Vallarpadam terminal gets environmental clearance

The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has given environmental clearance for the construction of the proposed international container transhipment terminal at Vallarpadam. The notification has been issued on November 9.

Expert panel

A press release from the Cochin Port Trust said the port had applied for necessary clearance in 2005 and the Expert Committee of Environment for Infrastructure Projects had a series of meetings with the officers of the port trust and India Gateway Terminal.

The last hearing of the Expert Committee was held at Hyderabad on August 24.

Eco nod

The Expert Committee, after scrutinising the environment impact assessment study and other technical study reports and public hearings, has issued the environment clearance, subject to certain conditions.

Conditions

These include: Development of the project will be carried out in accordance with the Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, 1991 and the Coastal Zone Management Plan of the Kerala Government.

A suitable green belt will be developed between the ICTT project and Goshree Island Development Authority (GIDA) road.

No mangrove vegetation should be affected due to the construction.

Coastal protection work should be carried out after detailed hydrodynamic model studies etc.

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