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Weeks after its 1k+ emails demanding withdrawal of draft #EIA2020 flooded the MoEF&CC's inboxes-& top Modi Govt officials scrutinised their text-@LetIndBreathe website was abruptly blocked by a govt controlled firm, interviews & documents reveal bit.ly/32pXfQB
.@LetIndBreathe recently claimed that #InternetCensorship is in place in India. This report reveals why such fears are expressed. The collective & its legal counsel @internetfreedom mentioned that websites of 2 more campaign organisations are blocked. bit.ly/32pXfQB
An official of the National Internet Exchange of India, a govt controlled firm that routes internet traffic within India, told me the firm has blocked LetIndia, but he didn't know about others. He didn't explain the reason for blocking. bit.ly/32pXfQB
Internal documents of the MoEFCC show that, from March 12 till April 20, 1144 emails of the text drafted by @LetIndBreathe landed in its inboxes. An official used the full text of these emails to make the case for a longer public consultation of #EIA2020 bit.ly/32pXfQB
Campaigners at @LetIndBreathe say, by June 29, at least 1.2 lakh such emails were sent to the MoEFCC and the environment minister @PrakashJavdekar personally. The number may have crossed 2 lakh, said one member of the collective. Full text of email here 👇 bit.ly/32pXfQB
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EXCLUSIVE: The controversial new draft of India's main law for giving environment clearances—which the Modi Govt tried to push during #lockdown without proper public consultation—was designed to be a diluted version. This is how 2 ministers ensured that. bit.ly/31Ebb99
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Documents accessed by @HuffPostIndia reveal a blow-by-blow account of how the Modi govt is evading public scrutiny of its actions by using the #coronavirus lockdown to ram through controversial dilutions to one of India's most important environmental laws. bit.ly/2YuIiKt
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<Interview> In the #COVIDー19 lockdown, we have slid back to an age where information is disclosed to citizens only on need-to-know basis by govt officials & people’s right to know as a principle is ignored, said RTI activist Venkatesh Nayak of @CHRI_INT bit.ly/2BnFYMb
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