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Further, it has made provisions to curtail public hearings for many projects and it gives power to companies to bypass several court rulings against the principle of sustainable development by the draft mechanism. What is worse is that it has proposed to extend more projects which will be completely exempted from the process of EIA provisions.

And the most stressing part is what’s the need of introducing this notification amid a pandemic situation where people are confined to their homes because of the threat of coronavirus.

The one important lesson that Visakhapatnam tragedy made us firmly know is why draft EIA notification 2020 pushed on us during lockdown & pandemic in the march should never be allowed to replace current procedures and processes for clearance of projects of such hazardous industry.