Lapses in report on Cachar greenfield airport, says tea workers' union
Cachar district
, reports BB Goswami.
The groups termed the recent public hearing on the project "misleading" and alleged that it violated Supreme Court directives and ignored the rights and concerns of local workers.
Union representatives claimed that the EIA process had several serious lapses. They alleged that the EIA failed to consider the massive environmental damage caused by the uprooting of more than 42 lakh tea bushes and thousands of shade trees.
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Silchar: A section of Doloo tea estate workers, along with members of the Asom Mojuri Shramik Union and Forum for Social Harmony, have raised strong objections to the environmental impact assessment (EIA) report prepared for the proposed Greenfield airport project at Doloo in Cachar district, reports BB Goswami.
The groups termed the recent public hearing on the project "misleading" and alleged that it violated Supreme Court directives and ignored the rights and concerns of local workers.
Union representatives claimed that the EIA process had several serious lapses. They alleged that the EIA failed to consider the massive environmental damage caused by the uprooting of more than 42 lakh tea bushes and thousands of shade trees.
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