To go or not to go...What is at stake?

  • 14/01/2011

  • Indian Express (New Delhi)

As of now, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh is looking only at coalmines, but the policy might not end there. Last March he announced his ministry had begun identifying the green cover in nine coalfields (Singrauli, Ib Valley, Mand Raigarh, Sohagpur, Talcher, Wardha Valley, Hasdeo-Arand, North Karanpura and West Bokaro) and classified these blocks into Categories A (No Go) and B (Go). Also at stake is huge capital investment from power, steel, cement and other end-use sectors. If project developers are being told now that coal blocks allocated to them have fallen in