(Bangladesh) -- The Supreme Court today stopped the French cement giant Lafarge from carrying out mining of limestone at its mines in Meghalaya for its cement plant in Bangladesh saying mining in the eco-friendly cannot be allowed.
A Special Forest Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan stayed the mining activities on the basis of the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) report which said that the company was extracting minerals from the land falling in the forest area.
The MoEF came to the conclusion that the permission for extracting limestone, a key input for making cement, from the region of Shella village in East Khasi Hills districts in Meghalaya was allegedly obtained fraudulently by showing the forest land as barren land.
"In this eco-fragile area, we will not allow mining," said the Bench also comprising Justices S H Kapadia and Aftab Alam.
Source: http://www.ptinews.com/news/502590_SC-restrains-Lafarge-from-carrying-mining-in-Meghalaya