In a setback to the GMR group, the Supreme Court on Friday refused to allow the construction of Goa’s new greenfield international airport and asked an expert committee to review the environment clearance for the Mopa airport which was scheduled to become operational by 2020.
Directing the Environment Assessment Committee (EAC) to conduct a fresh evaluation of the project for the grant of an environment clearance in a month’s time and submit its report to it expeditiously, a bench, led of Justice D Y Chandrachud kept in suspension the environment clearance given to the project by the ministry of environment and forests in October 28, 2015 until a fresh review is carried out.
