NHAI moves Supreme Court over environment clearance delays

NEW DELHI: National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) moved the Supreme Court on Wednesday seeking relief for delinking of forest and environment clearance for highway projects and to get exemption from norms of the Forest Rights Act for linear stretches falling outside forest areas.

TOI has learnt that the Prime Minister's Office on October 30, 2012, had agreed to the proposal of NHAI/ highway ministry knocking on the SC door in case the environment and forest ministry (MoEF) did not provide requisite relief.

Sources said that the decision was taken at a meeting attended by senior officials from highways and finance ministries, Planning Commission and NHAI. No representative from MoEF or tribal affairs ministry was, however, present in that meeting. In November, two committees under the Cabinet secretary and the law secretary had supported highway ministry's case and the NHAI Board also approved the proposal of moving to the SC to seek relief so that projects clearance can be expedited.

NHAI officials said that 17 projects already awarded are awaiting final green clearance on account of the pending forest clearance. Besides, several projects have been bagged by big private players quoting high premium to NHAI. Companies exiting from projects at this stage are going to have big impact on the Authority's long-term financing plan and also construction target over the next two-three years.

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