At a time when VS Achuthanandan is bearing the brunt for
the clearance of the controversial Aranmula airport project during the LDF
tenure when he was the CM, the Accountant General has put the blame on the
Industries Deportment, which was then headed by Elamaram Kareem.
The Accountant General in its Audit report has found that
the Industries Department had crossed the boundaries of their jurisdiction and
issued “in -principle” sanction for the project without conducting necessary
studies on the environmental/ecological impact and without consulting the
allied departments.
In the audit report it said that the Industries department had trespassed into the jurisdiction of
the Transport department. '' The Transport department of the state is the nodal
department for the project of Greenfield Airport. Hence action on application
for the No Objection Certificate and approval for the proposed project should
have been submitted to the Transport department,'' the AG said in the Audit
report that has been issued to the various departments, calling for their
reports.
The AG said that the the KGS company requested for NOC in
April 2010 for the construction of the Greenfield Airport at Aranmula to
Additional Chief Secretary (Industries). Based on the request, the Additional
Chief Secretary (Industries) issued the Government order (September 2010)
giving in principle approval for the Airport.
Moreover, the Industries department had surpassed the
Committee on Environment's opinion that it was not appreciable to commence
projects without conducting geographical/environmental studies and its
suggestion that in-principle sanction should be given only after consulting
other departments, the AG noted.
source: The New Indian Express
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