JAIPUR: The Rajasthan Excessive Courtroom on Monday ordered Hindustan Salt Ltd to chorus from any additional motion to arrange the 4,000MW photo voltaic plant in Sambhar lake in view of the environmental injury and ecological imbalance the mission would create.
On December 11, TOI had reported that Sambhar Salt Ltd, the subsidiary of Hindustan Salt Ltd, had invited expression of curiosity (EoI) from solar energy builders for establishing the mega photo voltaic plant.
Amicus curiae R B Mathur utilized for a keep on the mission attaching a duplicate of the TOI report together with the EoI for the mission. “The court docket took observe of the Instances of India report revealed on December 11 and listened intimately to the arguments earlier than passing the order that Hindustan Salt Ltd can obtain the functions in response to the EoI however can not take any additional motion,” Mathur stated. The court docket was prima facie happy with the considerations raised within the utility and the TOI report earlier than passing the order, Mathur stated.
TOI had reported that over 16,000 acres can be required to arrange the 4,000MW plant. This may imply establishing photo voltaic panels in giant swathes of land. It’s feared that such a large-scale mission on the wetland may wipe out the ecosystem with all its genetic range. Presently, no single entity is liable for the administration of Sambhar. However the multi-departmental Sambhar Growth Company, which is awaiting the legislation division’s approval, is anticipated to play a key function in defending the wetland and making a sustainable mannequin for improvement for the good thing about native communities.
A photo voltaic mission of comparable capability was first proposed by former prime minister Manmohan Singh in 2013 when he had come to Jaipur to marketing campaign for the celebration within the run as much as the state elections. After Vasundhara Raje got here to energy, the mission was junked as it could injury the wetland’s surroundings and ecosystem.
