Das urges Anil Dave for early environment clearance on pending

Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das today urged Union Minister Anil Madhav Dave for early environmental clearances on pending mining projects.

Meeting the Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge) in New Delhi, Das said developmental works were being affected following pending letters and requested for early clearance, an official release said here.

Dave directed the officials concerned to convene a meeting and dispose them on priority basis, the release said.

Sukhdev Singh, Principal Secretary of Forest and Environment and Sunil Kumar Barnwal, Secretary of Industry and Mining, both from Jharkhand, were present at the meeting.