The Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has called for a report from its regional office in Chennai, to ascertain whether Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Limited violated any conditions imposed on it when it was granted environmental clearance for its plant close to Vedanthangal bird sanctuary.
The Ministry has informed the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) southern zone bench of having written to its integrated regional office on May 8 this year, calling for a ‘certified compliance report’ with respect to the conditional environment clearance granted by it on March 31, 2022 for the expansion of the pharmaceutical company.
The information has been provided in response to a query raised by judicial member Pushpa Sathyanarayana and expert member Satyagopal Korlapati who wanted to know the action taken by the Ministry to ensure that project proponents continue to abide by the conditions imposed on them, while they are granted environment clearance.
