New Delhi:
Having personally given its viewpoint before a green panel on Thursday, Vedanta Resources will now have to wait till October 30 to know the fate of its aluminium refinery plant in Orissa which is under scanner for alleged violation of environment norms.
"It was not a public hearing but they (Vedanta officials) wanted to explain their views on the issue personally. We have listened to their opinion.
"And since the company has already submitted reply to our show-cause notices against bauxite mining and expansion projects we will get back to them after 45 days (of submitting the reply) as is the practice," J M Mauskar, Chairman of the Expert Appraisal Committee of the Environment Ministry, said.
On August 31, the Environment Ministry had slapped two showcause notices as to why the company's one million tonne per annum refinery worth US $1.