"Withdrawal of the JSW Utkal Steel Ltd's proposed project from Dhinkia, Odisha", 29 March 2022.

... [O]n 27th January 2022, an online press conference was held by Delhi Solidarity Group and Friends of the Earth India, to present the study analysis on the Environmental Impact Assessment procedures for JSW Utkal Steel's proposed project site at Dhinkia Odisha. The study by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air titled "Health impacts Assessment and Assessment of the EIA report of Integrated Steel Plant, JSW Uktal Steel Limited, Odisha, India highlights the fraudulent representation of actual environmental as well as serious health impacts. Findings show that the emission load of the proposed plant will be 2 times the emissions for the entire cluster at Paradip for PM and 2/3rd for SO2, which means that the air quality will deteriorate further, resulting in severe health impacts and extension of the intensity and geographical reach of already existing CEPI area in the Jagatsingphur district...The Speakers also informed that the affected villages in Dhinkia Charidesh have a population of more than 22,000 people who will be forced to bear the brunt of dangerous cumulative emissions of greenhouse gases along with the scarcity of clean drinking water. Hence, we demand the withdrawal of the proposal ... based on the inadequate and fraudulent EIA report. We also demand an independent assessment based on understanding the comprehensive environment and health impacts of the proposed project on the surrounding areas including human settlements to be carried out before proceeding any further...