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- Draft Environment Impact Assessment 2020 notification had extended public notice period by 20 days
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- Under Rule 5 (3) of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, the 60-day public notice period comes into effect “from the date on which copies of the Gazette containing this notification are made available to the public.
- Since the draft was published on April 11, the mandatory 60-day public notice period would end on June 10.
- Officials were seeking for the 60-day public notice period be extended by another 60 days due to lockdown
- By setting June 30 as the new deadline, ministry settled for an extension of 20 days