Lessons from Baghjan, Dehing-Patkai – Assam fears bigger ecological damage from draft EIA

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led government at the Centre is pushing for a new set of Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) norms for development projects amid the nationwide lockdown triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. The draft EIA Notification 2020 has been widely criticised by independent experts and activists terming it ‘pro-industry’ and ‘anti-people’. In Assam, activists, civil…