It plans to do this by interviewing people who've been affected by the closure of the projects, environmental campaigners, experts and assessing the business impact of closure. Will the NITI Aayog also study how much damage will be done if the courts do not give such orders,” he asked. Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog Rajiv Kumar said the study was a purely economic exercise. “The intent of this study is to analyse the cost and benefit of certain judicial decisions. In January 2020, however the Supreme Court allowed the project, under environmental oversight by the CSIR-National Environmental and Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), a government funded environmental appraisal body.

Source: The Hindu February 06, 2021 17:08 UTC