Green nod essential for Manimajra housing project in Chandigarh
Representative image CHANDIGARH: The Chandigarh administration’s environment department has informed the municipal corporation that the “user agency” must secure environmental clearances for the MC’s Rs 700 crore housing project in Manimajra. The department has emphasized that this project qualifies under category 8(a) of the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) notification, 2006, necessitating prior environmental clearance. In its letter to the MC, the environment department states, “Township and area development projects covering less than 50 hectares or with built-up areas exceeding 1,50,000 sqm fall under category 8(b) of the EIA notification, dated Sept 14, 2006, hence requiring prior environmental clearance. All projects…