APPLICATION STATUS:

Name & Address of Applicant	Mr.Rajesh Jha, Chief Executive Officer, M/s Adani Vizhinjam Port Private Limited, 2nd floor, Vipanchika Tower, Thycaud, Thiruvanathapuram – 695014
Details of the Project	Environmental clearance for the proposed building stone quarry project in Survey No. 555/2 at Nagaroor Village, Chirayinkeez Taluk, Thiruvanathapuram District, Kerala by Mr.Rajesh Jha, Chief Executive Officer, M/s Adani Vizhinjam Port Private Limited
File Status	E.C Issued
Date of Receipt	31-12-2018
EC Issued Date	01-03-2019
Category	Quarry
District	Trivandrum
SEAC	90,92,112, 113, 116
SEIAA	89, 90, 93, 112, 113, 114, 105, 111
Reason for Pendency
Remarks	The 114th SEAC decided to recommend the issuance of EC for mining 10.79 lakh MT in addition to the existing clearance for 7 lakh MT already given 105th SEIAA decided the following Issue EC for the extraction of balance quantity of 10.79lakh MT granite rock for the period from 2021-22 to 2023-24 subject original EC conditions. Authority decided to remind the District Collector and District Geologist Thiruvananthapuram to expedite their replies to the complaint received from Mr Ajith and others which was forwarded to them by SEIAA already. As the quantity involved is huge and there are complaints on the functioning of this quarry, as a precautionary measure Authority decided to constitute a monitoring team consisting of an Expert member from SEAC (Team leader)nominated by Chairman SEAC , District Geologistand a responsible seniorfunctionary nominated byM/S Adani Vizhinjam Private Ltd,to monitor the functioning of the quarry. The team will inspect the quarry at least once 3 months and prepare an inspection report. Team will also suggest corrective measures for irregularities if any. The project proponent will provide logistic support for field inspection. 116th SEAC decided that as sought by the SEIAA, the Committee nominated Shri.K.Krishna Panicker as Team Leader from SEAC, to monitor the functioning of the quarry along with the District Geologist and a responsible senior functionary nominated by M/S Adani VizhinjamPrivate Ltd. The 112th SEIAA decided the following 1. To forward the observations and recommendation of monitoring committee to the Project Proponent with a direction to attend all the observations within 4 months otherwise EC given will be cancelled and action will be taken for violation EC conditions. 2. Monitoring committee led by SEAC member shall conduct a field inspection after 4 months to verify the compliance status and report to SEIAA for appropriate action.