No environmental clearance for projects without approved plans

The Goa State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (Goa-SEIAA) of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has decided that any construction activity undertaken without submission of approved building plans from the competent authority will attract strict action, including revocation of the environmental clearance (EC) granted for the project.

- THE GOAN | NETWORK

The decision was taken by the Authority during its meeting held on October 29, after reviewing the MoEF&CC circular dated February 5, 2008, according to which the applications for Environmental Clearance (EC) are to be initially appraised based on building plans. The EC is to be granted only after the submission of approved building plans from the competent authority.