Colombo, Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has given three weeks to Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, the Cabinet and the Adani Group to file preliminary objections to a petition filed by an environmental group against a wind power project launched by an Indian group in the country.
Sri Lanka's Adani Group's renewable project consists of two wind power projects; 250 MW project in Mannar in the northeastern district and 234 MW project in Punerin in the north. The total investment was to be US$750 million.
On Tuesday, a three-member bench of the apex court gave three weeks time to the Prime Minister, the Cabinet and the Adani Group to file preliminary objections on the rights litigation against the project.
An environmental rights group had claimed in the court that the cabinet decision to treat the Adani wind power project as a Sri Lanka-India government-to-government enterprise was illegal and would cause huge damage to migratory bird populations due to environmental hazards. ,
He had also challenged Environment Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi's action in excluding the Viddathalathivu area of Mannar district from the forest reserve, an action taken to facilitate the project.
The Sri Lankan government said Adani Group's investment was important to achieve its target of meeting 70 percent of its electricity needs from renewable energy sources by 2030.
In May, the government approved a 20-year power purchase agreement with Adani Green Energy to develop a 484 MW wind power station in the northeastern region. ORR NSA AKJ NSA
NSA
Sri Lanka's Adani Group's renewable project consists of two wind power projects; 250 MW project in Mannar in the northeastern district and 234 MW project in Punerin in the north. The total investment was to be US$750 million.
On Tuesday, a three-member bench of the apex court gave three weeks time to the Prime Minister, the Cabinet and the Adani Group to file preliminary objections on the rights litigation against the project.
An environmental rights group had claimed in the court that the cabinet decision to treat the Adani wind power project as a Sri Lanka-India government-to-government enterprise was illegal and would cause huge damage to migratory bird populations due to environmental hazards. ,
He had also challenged Environment Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi's action in excluding the Viddathalathivu area of Mannar district from the forest reserve, an action taken to facilitate the project.
The Sri Lankan government said Adani Group's investment was important to achieve its target of meeting 70 percent of its electricity needs from renewable energy sources by 2030.
In May, the government approved a 20-year power purchase agreement with Adani Green Energy to develop a 484 MW wind power station in the northeastern region. ORR NSA AKJ NSA
NSA
