The National Green Tribunal, in its recent orders, imposed suspension on the environment clearance granted for the Yadadri Thermal Power Station under construction in Damarcherla mandal of Nalgonda district, citing ambiguity in terms of coal linkages and the distance of the project site from the Amrabad Tiger Reserve.
However, the Southern zonal bench of the apex green court has given nine months for the Telangana State Power Generation Corporation, the project proponent, to get the project reappraised by the Expert Appraisal Committee in the aspects cited, and obtain fresh clearance from the MoEF, during which the construction work for the power station may go on, provided that the plant is not installed and the project, not commissioned.
While dismissing the pleas by the appellant agency, Conservation Action Trust, related to the issue of Forest Clearance and conduct of public hearing, the tribunal however, found force in the submission that there was no specific document for the coal linkage, except some MoUs.
