
On 27th January 2022, an online press conference was held by Delhi Solidarity Group and Friends of the Earth India, to present the study analysis on the Environmental Impact Assessment procedures for JSW Utkal Steel’s proposed project site at Dhinkia Odisha. The study by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air titled “Health impacts Assessment and Assessment of the EIA report of Integrated Steel Plant, JSW Utkal Steel Limited, Odisha, India highlights the fraudulent representation of actual environmental as well as serious health impacts. Findings show that the emission load of the proposed plant will be 2 times the emissions for the entire cluster at Paradip for PM and 2/3rd for SO2, which means that the air quality will deteriorate further, resulting in severe health impacts and extension of the intensity and geographical reach of already existing CEPI area in the Jagatsingphur district. Click here to read the report.
