Environmental clearance amended for 2,600-hectare coal mine amid three Supreme Court cases

This document grants an amendment to the Environmental Clearance for the Parsa East and Kanta Basan (PEKB) Opencast Coal Mine in Surguja District, Chhattisgarh. The amendment specifically extends the deadline for constructing a 25-bed hospital for local communities.

The project proponent is M/s Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited (RVUNL). The clearance was granted by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), India.

• Clearance Status: Amendment to Environmental Clearance granted.
• Project Size: Mining Lease Area of 2682.856 hectares with a production capacity of 18 MTPA.
• Condition Amended: Specific Condition No. 4(vii) regarding the construction of a 25-bed hospital on 4 hectares of government land in Salhi village.
• New Deadline: The hospital must be constructed and commissioned by May 2028 (extended from May 2026).
• Compliance: The hospital must be empanelled under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) or an equivalent government scheme.
• Reporting: The proponent must submit six-monthly progress reports with documentary evidence to the Ministry’s Regional Office.

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