Jindal Steel has been ordered to pay Rs 2 crore for stealing a river in Odisha. The National Green Tribunal said Jindal Steel and Power Ltd had changed the natural course of Kurdabahali Nullah and interfered with nature. This change cannot be restored.
On 26th November, 2021, the NGT ordered JSPL to pay Rs 2 crore for killing a waterbody in Angul district of Odisha. It had to deposit 50 lakh with OSPCB and 1.5 crore with the Odisha forest department, reported Down to Earth.
This compensation amount will be used by the forest department in increasing green cover in the regions along the waterbody banks.
Regular monitoring of water quality of the nullah would be taken care of by the OSPCB.
JSPL entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Odisha government in 2005 for setting up of 900 megawatt captive power plant and 6 millions tonnes per annum steel plant at Kerjang in Angul.
The IDCO acquired private land and handed over a large chunk of leasable government ...
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