Coal India Ltd (CIL) reported a shortfall of 19.5 million tonne this financial year. Of this, 5 million tonnes lost due to Cyclone Phailin 2 million tonnes due to CIL’s internal reasons 60% of the total loss - around 12 million tonnes, was due to delays in environmental, forest, state and central govt clearances. Bhubaneswar-based Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd. (MCL), … [Read more...] about Delays in Clearances Account For 60% of the Shortfall : CIL
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Virunga NAtional Park in Congo is Being Threatened By Quest for Oil
Quest for oil threatens Africa’s oldest wildlife reserve Africa’s grand wildlife reserve Virunga National Park located in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, was created from the far east end of the previous Belgian Congo in 1925. Spreading across 800,000 hectares it is a protected region with Uganda and Rwanda on the border. UN declared it to be part … [Read more...] about Virunga NAtional Park in Congo is Being Threatened By Quest for Oil