The Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from the Adani Group of Companies,the Centre and others on a petition seeking to stall work at the former’s Rs 7,400-crore multi-product Special Economic Zone in Gujarat.
A bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan issued a notice to Adani,the ministries of Commerce and Environment and Forests,Mundra Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd,Gujarat government,Gujarat Pollution Control Board and others and tagged the petition with another similar plea filed by the fishermen of Gujarat.
The Mundra SEZ is proposed to come up on about 6,000 acres of land.