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'Jfffif 't1'<q) I'< Regional Office (WCZ) GOVERNMENT OF INDIA Ground Floor, East Wing 411fq,<UI, CR ~ ~ ~ ~ New Secretariat Building MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FORESTS Civil Lines, Nagpur - 440001 & CLIMATE CHANGE [email protected] ~~ nd F,No,•FCo1I/MHo116/2019oNGP/6 621 Date: 22 May, 2020 ~ The Secretary (Forests), Revenue and Forest Department, Hutatma Rajguru Chowk Madam Cama Marg Mantralaya, Mumbai - 400032. Sub: Diversion of 27.3969 ha Reservedl Protected Forest land in favour of Maharashtra State Electricity Transco Co. Ltd., Jalgaon for laying of 132 KV Taloda to Dhadgaon Electricity Transmission Line in Nandurbar District in the State of Maharashtra 0 Regarding. Sir, I am directed to refer to the State Government of Maharashtra's letter no. FLD- 16A19/C.R.243/F-10 dated 08.08.2019 on the above subject seeking prior approval of the Central Government under Section - 2 of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 and the Nodal Officer (FCA), Maharashtra letter no. Desk-17/NC/II/ID 12735/(31)/1295/2019-20 dated 08.11.2019 and Desk-D- 17/21NodaI/ID-12735/18-19/1485 dated 17.12.2019 forwarding additional information as sought by this Office vide letter of even number dated 29.08.2019, 30.09.2019 & 05.12.2019 and to say that after careful examination of the proposal, 'in-principle' of the Central Government under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 was accorded by the Central Government vide letter of even number dated 7.01.2020 subject to fulfilment of certain conditions prescribed therein. The Addl. PCCF & Nodal Officer (FCA), Government of Maharashtra has submitted to the compliance report and requested for grant of final approval. In this connection, I am directed to inform that on the basis of compliance report submitted by the APCCF & Nodal Officer (FCA), Government of Maharashtra vide letter No. Desk-17/NC/II/ID 12735/(31)/01/2019-20 dated 4.05.2020, 'final approval' of the Central Government under Section -2 of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 is hereby granted for diversion 27.3969 ha Reserved/ Protected Forest land in favour of Maharashtra State Electricity Transco Co. Ltd., Jalgaon for laying of 132 KV Taloda to Dhadgaon Electricity Transmission Line in Nandurbar District in the State of Maharashtra subject to the fulfilment of the following conditions: 1. Legal status of the forest land shall remain unchanged. 2. Compensatory afforestation shall be taken up by the Forest Department over 55.00 ha degraded forest land (35.00 ha. in Comptt. No. 588 at Village Mandane, Tal- Shahada, Distt- Nandurbar and 20.00 ha degraded forest land in Comp No. 587 at village Dudhakheda, Tal- Shahada, Distt-Nandurbar) at the cost of the user agency. As far as possible, a mixture of local indigenous species shall be planted and monoculture of any species may be avoided. 3. The complete compliance of the FRA, 2006 shall be ensured by way of prescribed certificate from the concerned District Collector. 4. The user agency at its cost shall provide bird deflectors, which are to be fixed on upper conductor of transmission line at suitable intervals to avoid bird hits. 5. The User Agency shall comply with the guidelines for laying transmission lines through forest areas issued by Ministry vide letter no. 7-25/2012-FC dated 05/05/2014 & 19/11/2014. 6. MSETCL shall develop a separate nursery to raise at least 25,000 seedlings of forestry species along with bamboo, fruit bearing, medicinal,0intal and indigenousAocalevery year. AI least 50% of seedlings shall be planted by User Agency in the vicinity of project area including forest area and for better relation with local people residing in vicinity of proposed alignment of transmission line, MSETCL shall voluntary distribute remaining 50% of seedlings to them free of cost. A compliance report including species wise details of seedlings raised, location of plantation area and details of villagers whom seedlings have been distributed need to be prepared every six month and submitted to Regional Office of MoEF&CC. 7. User Agency shall obtain Environmental Clearance as per the provisions of the Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986, if applicable. 8. The layout plan of the proposal shall not be changed without prior approval of Central Government. 9. No labour camp shall be established on the forest land. 10. Sufficient firewood, preferably the alternate fuel, shall be provided by the User Agency to the labourer after purchasing the same from the State Forest Department or the Forest Development Corporation or any other legal source of alternate fuel. 11. The boundary of the diverted forest land shall be suitably demarcated on ground at the project cost, as per the directions of the concerned Divisional Forest Officer. 12. No additional or new path will be constructed inside the forest area for transportation of construction materials for execution of the p oject work. 13. The period of diversion under this approval shall be co-terminus with the period of lease to be granted in favour of the user agency or the project life, whichever is less. 14. The forest land shall not be used for any purpose other than that specified in the project proposal. 15. The User Agency and the State Government shall ensure compliance of all the Court orders, provisions, rules, regulations and guidelines for the time being in force as applicable to the project. 16. The forest land proposed to be diverted shall under no circumstances be transferred to any other agencies, department or person witho t prior approval of Govt. of India. 17. Violation of any of these conditions will amount to violation of Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 and action would be taken as per the MoEF&CC Guideline F. No. 11-42/2017-FC dt 29/01/2018. 18. Any other condition that the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change may stipulate from time to time in the interest of conservation, protection and development of forests & wildlife. This issues with the approval of OOGF (Central), MoEF&CC, Regional Office (WCZ), Nagpur. Yours faithfully, ~\~~ (Suresh Kumar Adapa) Scientist '0' Copy to: i. The PCCF, Government of Maharashtra, Nagpur. ii. The Addl. PCCF & Nodal Officer (FCA), Government of Maharashtra, Nagpur. iii. User agency. I iv. Guard file. Jcl _ (Suresh Kumar Adapa) Scientist '0'.