The Environment Ministry has
decided not to consider any integrated steel plants and sponge iron plants that
are dependent on iron ore from districts of Bellary, Tumkur and Chitradurga in
Karnataka.
This follows the recent Supreme
Court ban on iron ore mining in these districts on environmental grounds. The
Expert Appraisal Committee, at both the Centre and State level, will not
consider proposals relating to integrated steel plants and sponge iron plants
that seek to source iron ore from these districts till the ban is lifted, the
Ministry said in a recent statement.
The Ministry has also directed
the Expert Appraisal Committee to delist any such proposals under
consideration.
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