The Tamil Nadu Assembly Wednesday witnessed a heated debate between the members of the main opposition DMK and Minister for Minerals, C Ve Shanmugam over the Centre's Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy and a nod given in 2011 by the then DMK regime for exploration.
Shanmugam categorically said the state government had not granted permission to either explore or produce hydrocarbon so far in Tamil Nadu and was firm on not according sanction for such initiatives in future as well.
DMK MLA T R B Raja, raising the issue, said environment and water resources would be affected by hydrocarbon projects and such initiatives were being opposed by all sections of people, including environmentalists
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