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Public hearing in EIA Process – A platform for raising
Environmental issues
Dr. MANOJ KUMAR
Manager, Environment & Forest Department,
CCL, Coal India Limited
ABSTRACT
This paper categorizes the environmental issues being raised in Public Hearing
(PH)/Public Consultation (PC)process in Indian scenario. Public hearing in
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Process acts as a platform for raising the
various concerns of the project affected persons in general and environmental
issues in particular. An issues tree have been framed. Countrywide analysis for
the PH issues being raised in the mechanism along with timeline of the PH has
been analysed. This paper explores why some of the projects were subject to
public hearing, and the objectives, form and outcomes of this process. It
concludes that stakeholders’ involvement in review is essential and may lead to
enormous benefits for the proponent, stakeholders and the nation. Where this is
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