Judgment: National Green Tribunal Judgment on Sponge Iron Plant in District Raigarh
National Green Tribunal Judgment dated 9/02/2012, on Sponge Iron Plant in District Raigarh, Chattisgarh, before 2004 i.e. prior to issuance of EIA Notification, 2006. The production capacity of the said existing unit was 66,000 TPA of Sponge Iron (2 x 100 TPD kilns). The rules which governed at the relevant time did not mandate any need for seeking environment clearance for establishing Sponge Iron Units and as such, no environmental clearance was obtained, for installation of the said unit.