MUNIGIPAL GORPORATION " Swami Vivekanand Bhavan " Azad Chowk, Junagadh-362001 Phone No. 0285-2622089 Fax No. 0285-2651 51 0

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Proiect Justification

Justification for locatingthe project in forest area to be submitted by User Agency and countersigned by DCF.

The demanded land in forest century having area of 160 meter X 12.5 meter is a part of Road which is presently being used by pilgrims for visiting Jatashankar Mahadev temple, Sheshavan jain temple, Maa

Ambaji Temple, Dattatreya temple and other temple located on the Gimar hill. This pathway paft is being used by the Pilgrims to Visit temples on hill by stairs. Every year approx 40 lakhs pilgrims visited Junagadh Gimar Taleti for offering their prayers to God and visit Girnar hills temples like

Sheshavan, Jatashankar Mahadev uses this pathway. Also every Saturday, Sunday, public holidays large no of devotees visits Jatashankar Mahadev temple by uses this pathways which is the only way to reach

Jatashankar Mahadev temple stairs.

Ropeway project is also introduced by gol,t of in century area which is Suppose to open for public in2Otg. Hence a huge rush of ropeway traffic as well as pilgrims visiting Jatashankar temple, Sheshavan will occur in normal days and weekends, festival season which can lead public inconvenience , administration problems,, emergency stations like stampedes etc.

Demanded patch of land will be used for making the concrete road which will be used by the pedestrian's pilgrims & Battery operated vehicle to reach Jatashankar temple and ropeway station. As per A. Specific

Conditions (XI) in Environment clearance accorded by Gora of India on 9 th sep 2016 for construction of

Girnar ropeway. Battery operated vehicle will be operated up to ropeway stations from Vehicle parking situated outside century. In the larger public interest this Project (Making Concrete road in the forest area of 160 meter x 12.5

Meter ) is required for maneuvering safe and collision free smooth traffic flow in bhavnath area during

Normal days, Weekends days, Public holidays, festival like "Parikrama" and most popular " Shiwatri

Mela" when a lots of pilgrims visit to fulfill their credence. There is no alternative route / road for diverting mass traffi c-fl ow.

There for we justified for this location.

If permission for making concrete road will be accorded it will be used only for road traffrc neither uses for any kind of personal Municipal corporation occupancy.

This is Project Justification for making of Concrete road ( Size 160 meter X 12.5 Meter) under forest conservation act 1980.

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