The recommendation has been made in the light of the Malin landslide in Pune district in which 151 people were killed and an entire village destroyed.
Environment secretary Medha Gadgil affirmed receiving the recommendation. Sources said the Gadgil will have to forward the recommendation to the Union ministry of environment and forests as the terms of reference of the committee are set by the Centre.
The SEAC-I scrutinizes projects in the rest of Maharashtra before recommending it for environmental clearance. In its meeting early in August, the committee discussed the desirability of appraising rehabilitation projects undertaken by public-private agencies. "Of late, concerns have been raised regarding locations selected for rehabilitating Project Affected Persons (PAPs). The Malin landslide has reinforced these concerns. In this context, it was decided that the chairman SEAC-I should move the government to consider rehabilitation project also to be appraised for environmental clearance by SEACs," said an official.
Sources in the committee said that while environmental clearance is mandatory for projects, including rehabilitation buildings, it is not so for the site. Rehabilitation is carried out by various government departments or private agencies and often on land that is hazardous to life. "It is to ensure that rehabilitation is properly done that we have made the recommendation," said the source.
Often, rehabilitation is carried out on land that is seen as "non-appreciating" in the real estate market.
When the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority undertook road-widening projects under the Mumbai Urban Transport Project, a majority of PAPs were shunted to no-development zones (NDZs) in the eastern suburbs close to chemical industries.
"These NDZs had no civic infrastructure, no schools, hospitals and no connectivity to the rest of the city. A vast majority of people from the western suburbs who were moved here lost their jobs as maids and drivers; and children had to drop out of school," said an activist.
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