In 3 weeks, Moily clears 70 pending projects

In a bid to get industry on the UPA’s side before 2014 general elections, environment minister Veerappa Moily has cleared Posco’s steel plant in Odisha as part of his project clearing spree – which even includes some in critical wildlife areas. The Vedanta aluminum project in Odisha’s Niyamgiri, on the other hand, got thumbs down after the locals rejected the proposal in the country’s first environmental referendum.

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