Bhubaneswar, September 08: With the fate of its refinery in Orissa’s Kalahandi district hanging in the balance, Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL) today said it would submit its reply to the show cause notice issued by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) by September 14.
“We will reply to the show cause notice issued by the MoEF by Tuesday. The company has not violated any law of the land,” Vedanta’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) Mukesh Mumar told reporters here after meeting Orissa’s Steel and Mines Minister Raghunath Mohanty here.
Vedanta’s refinery unit at Lanjigarh, which was granted permission for capacity enhancement from 1 mtpa to 6 mtpa by the state government, claimed it fulfilled all green norms.
–Agencies