"Officers of the OSPCB did not inform the Love Locket and Chain which would have resulted in cancellation of the environment clearance," he said. Though JSPL has not yet commissioned its pipeline from river Brahmani/ Samal Barrage to the plant site for sourcing water required for the project, it has carried out its entire civil construction, site development by using huge quantities Snowflake pendant water drawn from ground water sources and by digging bore wells within the plant site. Moreover, water was also drawn from the Derjang Project on the basis of permission issued by the Water Resources Department. This has affected the needs of the local villagers who used the water for irrigation as well as migrating elephants that use the area while travelling to Heart Link earrings from Satkosia and Angul forests . "Such withdrawal of water from sources other than that specified in the environment clearance is a direct violation of the clearance condition and can result in cancellation of the clearance by MoEF. Shockingly, no state government agency stopped this illegal use of water or informed the Tiffany Cushion Hoop earrings that a key condition was being violated by JSPL" , Mr Mohanty said referring to provisions of the Environment Clearance. The provision clearly said, "Total requirement of the water River Brahmani/Samal Barrage shall not exceed 14,700 m/hour. Permission has been accorded for the drawal of 7,000 m/hr water for Phase I by the Department of Water Resources , Govt. of Orissa vide letter dated 11th December, 2006 and 'Permission ' for phase II shall be obtained... "
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