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also be available to solar power plants. . ~ Best Practices Award 2012 • Water allocation for power generation : The Water Resource Department will allocate water from the Indira Gandhi Nahar Project canal /nearest available source for development of solar thermal power plants. Courtesy: Green Energy, Sep - Oct. & Nov. - Dec. 2011, P41. Environment VIKRAM CEMENT WORKS RECEIVES 'ENVIRONMENT BEST PRACTICE AWARD' Vikram Cement Works received "Environmental Best Practice Award'2012" under the category of "Innovative Environmental Projects" by Confederation of Indian Industry, Hyderabad for the project on " Use of Hazardous waste and non-Hazardous waste as an Alternate Fuel in Cement Kiln". For this award, total 127 industries had applied with 250 projects, out of that, 27 Industries like Reliance Industry, Vadodara, Tata Motors, Pantnagar, Hindustan Zinc, Chaderia, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd, Mumbai, Essar Steel, Hazira, Madras Cement Ltd , Alathiyuer, Gujrat Power Corporation, Bharat Aluminium Company ,Korba, Sterlite Industry Limited, Tuticorin etc were shortlisted and invited for Final presentation at Cll , Hyderabad. SERIOUS INQUIRY Environment ministry categories offences relating to environmental clearances Sugandh Juneja and /shikaa Sharma A committee constituted by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has issued first-of-its– kind guidelines. They seek to categorize non-compliance of conditions attached to Confedlrallon 1>1 lndl1n lnduillly Cll Environmental Be1t Practice• Award 2012 U•• of Haanfdout •nd Non Haurdout went•• •• Alte,nnto ruolln Comont Klfn /~t<tNitd h,\ ULTRA TbCH C!MENT LIMITlO, UNIT VIKRAM C~MrNT WORK I , KIIOR /la•/ortn W rJ ~~ • tu.nwlfwf' I~NUIJ'HifHUNifi/','J'>rn,/'r/ • /1111" hriiiJIII"~" "" ,umpltiUIIl u/l~t ''/ ••mwtornt~f lim ~~~' ''"' 4u ~rJ :111: l1r/J ,,, u c/ 111/ r~tW"' !Ill~ al 'Hvltnlh.ld .· environmental clearances as "serious" and "not so serious". Released on MoEF's website on October 31, the guidelines categorize offences for 26 sectors , including mining, thermal power plants, cement, iron and steel and nuclear power. They are based on the deliberations of four meetings and analyses of over 200 clearance letters. The MoEF– constituted committee was set up following the recommendations of an expert committee formed in 2009, headed by JM Mauskar, special secretary with MoEF. Plethora of conditions Environmental clearance comprises general and specific conditions. As per the guidelines, if a project proponent fails to comply with any of the specific conditions, the omission would be considered a serious offence. For instance, a coal– based thermal power plant not using flyash for making mainly bricks and cement in a time– bound manner would be a serious offence. Non– compliance with certain general conditions will also be considered a serious offence, such as non-installation of equipments that reduce pollution. If a jeveloper does not comply with the state policy of resettlement and rehabilitation of project-affected people, he can also be termed a serious offender. 62 • I ..