Diversion of 676.12 Hectares of Forest Land in Rambilli and Kalavalapalli RFS of Visakhapatnam Division Favour of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
F No. 8-70/2010-FC Sub: Diversion of 676.12 hectares of forest land in Rambilli and Kalavalapalli RFS of Visakhapatnam Division favour of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). 1. The State Government of Andhra Pradesh vide their letter dated 16.08.2010 was submitted a proposal to obtain prior approval of Central Government in accordance with section 2 of the Forest (conservation) Act, 1980 for diversion of 676.12 hectares of forest land in Rambilli and Kalavalapalli RFS of Visakhapatnam Division for setting up of Naval Alternate Operating Base (NAOB) in favour of Project Director Varuna, Visakhapatnam. 2. The above said proposal was last discussed in FAC meeting held on 16.02.2016 and observed the following: 3. The proposal had been earlier placed before the FAC in its meeting held on 3rd-4th April,2013 and observations and rrecommendations of the Forest Advisory Committee held on 3rd -4th April, 2013 as below were considered: 4. Legal status of the land to be diverted is Reserved Forest. The density of the vegetation is 0.30 5. The forest land proposed for diversion contains 16,586 poles and 53318 trees . Important species available present are Acacia planiforns, Trema politoria, Glycosmis pentaphylla, Santalum album, Dodonaea viscosa, Canthium parviflorum, Pavetta tomentosa, Ziziphus xylopyrus, Manilkara hexandra, Cissus quandrangularis, Glycosmis , Ziziphus oenoplia, Desmodium gangeticum, Wrightia tinctoria, Atalantia monophylla, Carissa spinarum, Aganosma caryophyllata, Cassia siamea, Borassus flabellifer, Andrographis paniculata, Hemidesmus indicus, Aristolochia indica, Broom, Artemisia vulgaris, Phoenix sylvestris, Sapindus emarginatus, Aegle marmelos, Syzygium cumini, Cassia auriculata etc, 6. The area is plain to slightly sloping and is not vulnerable to any kind of erosion.
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