By Own Correspondent| A High Court judge here, Justice Pisirayi Kwenda has stopped Chinese-owned ceramic tile manufacturer Sunny Yi Feng Tiles (Zimbabwe Private Limited) from setting up a factory before it complies with local environmental laws.

This followed an application by Norton Development Association that cited Sunny Yi Feng Tiles (Zimbabwe Private Limited) and Environmental Management Agency (AMA) as respondents.

The provisional order reads:

“That pending confirmation of this order on the return day, the following relief is granted:

The First Respondent (Sunny Yi Feng Tiles (Zimbabwe Pvt Ltd) shall immediately suspend and stop all construction work and any other works whatsoever on its ceramic tile manufacturing plant on Lot 3 Knockmallock Farm, near Morton Jaffrey Water Works, Norton, pending the granting of an environmental impact assessment certificate by the Second Respondent.”