Sepa approves coal storage project amid serious environmental concerns
(WorldNews Pakistan)

KARACHI: Ignoring court directives and its own law that calls for subjecting a project likely to cause adverse effect to a process of environmental impact assessment (EIA) followed by a public review, the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) recently granted approval to a coal storage facility, sources told Dawn. The environmental watchdog, sources said, approved the 23-acre coal storage project on the basis of an Initial Environmental Examination (IEE), a preliminary environmental review meant for projects with no significant adverse impacts which requ­i­res no public review. Located in Bin Qasim Town´s area of Deh Ghangiyaro, the project was prop­osed by the Pakistan Inte­rnational...