Jairam Ramesh objects to clearance given to projects by environment ministry panels during lockdown | India News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday raised strong objections to clearances given to projects by various panels of the Ministry of Environment and Forests during the coronavirus-forced lockdown and sought a review and a moratorium on them. Ramesh, who is the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Environment, Forests and Climate Change, wrote a letter to environment minister Prakash Javadekar, raising his serious concerns and strong disapproval over the matter. Sources said the issue will be raised at the next meeting of the parliamentary panel. "This is atrocious but certainly not surprising. As chairman of the Standing Committee of Parliament, I register my strongest possible protest and request an immediate review and moratorium," Ramesh said on Twit...