A regional Lok Adalat on environment chaired by High Court Judge Justice D V Shailendrakumar has directed Pollution Control Board and Department of Environment to hold public hearing once again on uranium mining at Gogi village of Shahapur taluka.
Chairing the Regional Lok Adalat on Saturday, Shailendrakumar observed that norms were not followed when the public hearing was conducted on uranium mining earlier at Gogi village.
Justice directed the Pollution Control Board as well as the Environment Department to hold a public hearing once again and fix the date in consultation with Yadgir Deputy Commissioner and experts of the concerned subjects.
“The officials should inform all the villagers even by going door to door about the public hearing,” he observed.
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