How will the Supreme Court order impact mining around Ramsar wetland sites? | Explained
The Supreme Court of India has clarified that its requirement for prior environmental approval for mining within a 10-km radius of the Asan Wetland Conservation Reserve applies to all wetland conservation reserves nationwide. This judicial intervention aims to ensure parity in environmental protection for Ramsar sites, which lack explicit statutory buffer zones under current Indian law.
The story so far: The Supreme Court has clarified that its February 2024 direction, requiring prior approval before mining can take place within a 10-km radius of the Asan Wetland Conservation Reserve , would, for the sake of parity, apply to wetland conservation reserves across the country. The clarification potentially extends a judicial safeguard that was earlier confined to the Asan Ramsar site in Uttarakhand to similarly notified wetland conservation reserves elsewhere.
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