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CPRPolicy Briefs & ReportsClosing the Enforcement Gap: Findings of a Community-Led Ground Truthing of Environmental Violations in Mundra, Kutch

Policy Briefs & Reports

Closing the Enforcement Gap: Findings of a Community-Led Ground Truthing of Environmental Violations in Mundra, Kutch


Janabhivyakti, Hasdeo Arand Bachao Sangarsh Samiti (HABSS), & Centre for Policy Research (CPR)-Namati Environmental Justice Program

Centre for Policy Research

May 1, 2013

The ecologically unique but fragile Mundra region in the western Indian state of Gujarat has seen ferocious industrial expansion over the last decade and a half. A range of multipurpose ports, coal-handling facilities and thermal power plants have been granted approval under various environment regulations and built.

This report from Namati, produced in partnership with Mundra Hitrakshak Manch (Forum for the Protection of Rights in Mundra), MASS and Ujjas Mahila Sangathan, shows that the enforcement of these regulations has been woefully inadequate.

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