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(1) Right to Information Act 2005

  • Follow up of earlier RTI Applications and 9 new RTI Applications were filed by members
    of Paryavaran Mitra was done during this month.
  • Meeting of Mahiti Adhikar Pagla Samiti on 20.05.09 at Paryavaran Mitra Office. 

List of RTI Applications

Sr.
no

Date

Subject & department

Objective

1

15.05.09

Process being done after the direction of GIC to DOEF.
Department of Environment and Forest , Gandhinagar

To find out what steps were taken after our letter under Mahiti Adhikar Pagla Samti to remove Sanjiv Tyagi as appellate authority and PIO.

2

23.05.09

First appeal RTI application dated 7.03.09
CIC, New Delhi 

To monitor the implementation of the CDM projects an RTI Application was filed, in which partial information was provided.

3

7.06.09

Grazing and Government barren lands given to pipeline projects & compensation given
District Panchayat Office,

    • Ahmedabad,
    • Patan
    • Mehsana
    • Banaskantha

To find out how much grazing land was given to the industry and proper compensation.

4

9.06.09

Grazing and Government barren lands given to IOCL project & compensation given
Indian Oil Corporation ltd.
Rajkot

To find out how much grazing land was given to the industry and proper compensation.

5

23.06.09

Grazing and Government barren lands given to GAIL project & compensation given
Gas Authority India Ltd
Baroda

To find out how much grazing land was given to the industry and proper compensation.

6

23.06.09

Grazing and Government barren lands given to ONGC project & compensation given
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
Baroda

To find out how much grazing land was given to the industry and proper compensation.

7

29.06.09

Discharge of treated effluent, discharge point of hazardous solid waste, construction & start of project activity of Nandesari TSDF site, honor ship of this site, duration of ECP project, carrying capacity of this channel, complains received during 3 years and steps taken on it, quantity of effluent being discharged in this channel, extra  land acquired for this project and mode of land acquisition, etc
Gujarat Pollution Control Board, Baroda

To find out main original source of polluted ground waters at Padra. Weather ground water is being polluted by industries through reverse borewell or ECP channel’s unproper maintainance

8

29.06.09

chemical industries discharging effluents, standards of treated waste, steps taken in case of violation of the standards, charges in case of pollution load, capacity of ECP channel- discharge point, sampling and analysis report, renovation work, steps taken after receiving complains of people, duration of ECP project, carrying capacity of this channel, quantity of effluent being discharged in this channel, extra  land acquired for this project and mode of land acquisition, etc
ECP channel
Baroda

 To find out main original source of polluted ground waters at Padra. Weather ground water is being polluted by industries through reverse borewell or ECP channel’s unproper maintainance

9

6.06.09

Complain files for providing partial information for earlier RTI Application.

CIC, New Delhi 

On 19.02.09 RTI Application was done to Ministry of Environment and Forest for information about states/UT which has not formed SEIAA, SEAC and steps taken by MoEF for not implementing SEIAA, SEAC.

10

6.06.09

Complain files for providing partial information for earlier RTI Application.

CIC, New Delhi 

To know the regularities of timeframe into the EIA System.
To monitor the implementation of EIA notification 2006

11

6.06.09

Complain files for providing partial information for earlier RTI Application.

CIC, New Delhi 

To know the regularities of timeframe into the EIA System.
To monitor the implementation of EIA notification 2006

12

File inspection
13.07.09

Information of CDM revenue and projects was asked from MoEF, Bhopal

Ministry of Environment and Forest, Bhopal

File inspection of RTI Application done to MoEF, Bhopal.

                       

(2) Academic inputs
Invited by academies

 


Sr. No

Date

Organizer and venue

Subject

Role

1

29.04.09

Centre for Environment Planning and Technology University

Evolution of different Environment project prepared by post graduation student

Jury

Invited by organizations

Sr. No

Date

Organizer and venue

Subject

Role

1

28.06.09

Senior citizen Club, Saraspur, Ahmedabd

Old age people and climate change

Speaker

2

30.06.09

Anhad

Programme on occasion of Vasant-Rajab Jayanti

Speaker

(3) Other activities:

Letters to different Authority

    • A letter was written to the Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri  Manmohan Singh & speaker of Loksabha Ms Meera Kumar for the Breach of privilege in Loksabha on date 15.06.09. (There are no environmental Courts in Gujarat as per information given by Government of Gujarat but in assembly question it was said that there are environmental courts in the state.)
    • A letter was written to Mr. Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State, Ministry of Environment and Forest, New Delhi to discuss environmental issues in Gujarat specially CDM and Kyoto protocol on date 15.06.09.
    • Letters written to Chairman-Gujarat Pollution Control Board, State Expert Appraisal Committee-SEAC & State Environment Impact Assessment Authority-SEIAA, Gandhinagar, Secretary-Ministry of Environment and Forest- New Delhi & collector Baroda on 20th May, 2009to draw their attention on worst environmental conditions of Padra.
 
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