The Supreme Court has withdrawn the stay on the Mundra SEZ project in Gujarat, thereby giving a green signal to the Adani Group to proceed with its construction work, despite the plea of the petitioners that the construction work will seize the livelihood of the fishermen apart from resulting into ecological imbalance.

The decision of the court followed the statement by the Adani Group that the petitioners were neither farmers nor fishermen and also had different means of livelihood.  

The multi-product SEZ would spread over a planned area of nearly 32,000 hectares.

A number of industrial houses, including two hospitals, have already signed up for the purpose.

The company’s power plant will be operational by the end of the year and will supply power to six states