NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday gave final nod to Russian oil producer Rosneft-backed Nayara Energy’s Rs 1.5 lakh crore plan for expansion of existing refinery complex and for setting up a new petrochemical complex in Vadinar in Devbhoomi Dwarka district.
A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and Hima Kohli said the national green tribunal (NGT) had set up a three-member expert panel to further examine an environmental impact assessment report by National Environment Engineering Institute (NEERI), and that the expert panel has returned a finding that the expansion plan would not have any adverse impact on the biodiversity of the area or the marine life.
“It is a project to expand the existing refinery plant and none of the expert environmentalists have found anything adverse against the expansion plan,” the bench said while dismissing a challenge to the NGT’s order giving the green nod to Nayara Energy, earlier known as Essar Oil.
