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PANAJI
Campaigners championing the cause of making Goa free of coal and coal handling have vowed to challenge the environmental clearance when it is finally granted to South West Port Ltd, a subsidiary of JSW Steel.
Speaking to The Goan, Abhijit Prabhudesai said that once a copy of the clearance is uploaded, it would be challenged before the National Green Tribunal.
One of the primary grievances of the activists is that the Expert Appraisal Committee of the Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change has gone ahead and granted its recommendation for a environmental clearance despite the Goa State Pollution Control Board in its covering letter to the MoEF&CC saying that the "particulate source apportionment study for air quality in Vasco da Gama" which it has tasked IIT Bombay to carry out needed to be done "before considering the projects for grant of Environmental Clearance."
The activists have been waging a long-standing battle against coal handling in Goa and its expansion has called for a total stop of coal handling in Goa and have called to make Goa a coal-free state.
SWPL is proposing to deploy highly mechanised and efficient environment-friendly material handling systems so that the cargo handling capacity at the berth is increased and in the process reduce environmental pollution by retrofitting state of art dust entrapment systems to meet its demand. SWPL is handling cargos like coal, limestone and steel products at berth 5A & 6A by cranes, ship unloaders and wagon loading system.
According to their plans, the consequential capacity enhancement shall be achieved by deploying highly-mechanised and efficient environment-friendly material handling system, and by enhancing the existing conveyor speed, and improving the rake loading turn around time through operational efficiency, thus, making the evacuation and despatch more efficient.
The total cargo to be handled is expected to go up to 12 to 13 MTPA of bulk, and about 2 MTPA of unitised cargo. The total cargo handling capacity hence is expected to increase to about 14 to 15 MTPA.
SWPL is already facing criminal prosecution for having breached the conditions of the consent to operate granted to them by the Goa State Pollution Control Board.
PANAJI
Campaigners championing the cause of making Goa free of coal and coal handling have vowed to challenge the environmental clearance when it is finally granted to South West Port Ltd, a subsidiary of JSW Steel.
Speaking to The Goan, Abhijit Prabhudesai said that once a copy of the clearance is uploaded, it would be challenged before the National Green Tribunal.
One of the primary grievances of the activists is that the Expert Appraisal Committee of the Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change has gone ahead and granted its recommendation for a environmental clearance despite the Goa State Pollution Control Board in its covering letter to the MoEF&CC saying that the "particulate source apportionment study for air quality in Vasco da Gama" which it has tasked IIT Bombay to carry out needed to be done "before considering the projects for grant of Environmental Clearance."
The activists have been waging a long-standing battle against coal handling in Goa and its expansion has called for a total stop of coal handling in Goa and have called to make Goa a coal-free state.
SWPL is proposing to deploy highly mechanised and efficient environment-friendly material handling systems so that the cargo handling capacity at the berth is increased and in the process reduce environmental pollution by retrofitting state of art dust entrapment systems to meet its demand. SWPL is handling cargos like coal, limestone and steel products at berth 5A & 6A by cranes, ship unloaders and wagon loading system.
According to their plans, the consequential capacity enhancement shall be achieved by deploying highly-mechanised and efficient environment-friendly material handling system, and by enhancing the existing conveyor speed, and improving the rake loading turn around time through operational efficiency, thus, making the evacuation and despatch more efficient.
The total cargo to be handled is expected to go up to 12 to 13 MTPA of bulk, and about 2 MTPA of unitised cargo. The total cargo handling capacity hence is expected to increase to about 14 to 15 MTPA.
SWPL is already facing criminal prosecution for having breached the conditions of the consent to operate granted to them by the Goa State Pollution Control Board.
