Agenda No.4 File No.8-03 / 2014
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Agenda No.4 File No.8-03 / 2014 - FC 1. The State Government of Jharkhand vide their letter no. Vanbhumi-16/2013-5120 dated 26.12.2013 submitted the proposal for diversion of 265.658 ha of forest land in favour of M/s M/s Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.for construction of 400 KV transmission line from Chandwa-Gaya in Chatra and Latehar Districts in the State of Jharkhand. 2. Proposal has been envisaged for construction of a 400 KV (D/C) transmission line from Chnadwa (Jharkhand) to Gaya 765/400 KV substation (Bihar) to evacuate power from the Chandwa Super Thermal Power Plant of Essar (2000 MW) at Jharkhand. 3. Total Length of the proposed transmission line is 117.409 Km out of which 64.44 Km of length falls in the forest area. A total of 331 towers will be established for the line comprising of 175 towers to be established in the forest area (35 in Chatra North, 88 in Chatra South and 52 in Latehar Forest Divisions). 4. RoW proposed for the transmission line is 46 meters which is in accordance with the guidelines issued by the MoEF. 5. The State Government has mentioned that proposed transmission line passes through the eco-sensitive Zone of Lavalaung Wildlife Sanctuary i.e. at a distance of 4.5 to 6 km from the boundary of Wildlife Sanctuary. So far, eco-sensitive zone of the Wildlife sanctuary has not been notified so far. However, the transmission line projects being not covered in the EIA Notification, 2006 do not require environment clearance and hence clearance from the NBWL is also not required for this transmission line. 6. Proposal does not contain the opinion of the Chief Wildlife Warden of the State Government. The State Government has indicated that same is being requested from the Chief Wildlife Warden and receipt of the opinion from the CWLW, it will be submitted to the MoEF. 7. The State Government has recommended the proposal with general and standard conditions applicable to the transmission line projects. 8. The facts related to the proposal as indicated in the proposal submitted by the State Government of Jharkhand are summarized below in the form of fact sheet: FACT SHEET 1. Name of the Proposal 265.658 ha of forest land in favour of M/s M/s Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. for construction of 400 KV transmission line from Chandwa-Gaya in Chatra and Latehar Districts in the State of Jharkhand. 2. Location i) State Jharkhand ii) District Chatra, Latehar 3. Particulars of Forests a) Name of Forest Latehar, Chatra North and Chatra South forest Divisions Division b) Forest area Total : 265.658 ha involved Latehar: 59.907 ha Chatra North: 61.517 ha Chatra South: 144.234 ha c) Legal Status/Sy. PF- 192.999 ha No JJ - 72.659 ha Total : 265.658 ha 4. Maps SOI – enclosed (pg 233-235/c) DGPS map – Enclosed (pg 37-115/c) Forest Cover map – Map showing alternative alignment - enclosed 5. Topography of the - area (i) Vegetation Main species are Akashiya, Arjun, Aasan, Amla, Amra, Amrud, Ashan, Bahera, Bail, Bair, Bargad, Babul, Bel, Ber, Bhelwa, Chakundi, Chidchidi, Chiraita, Dow, Dhou, Dhawtha, Doka, Dumar, Eucalptus, Gamhar, Ghorkarain, Gijen, Gullar, Haldi, Jamun, Jungli, Kahua, Kairdi, Karain, Karam, Kari, Karmi, Kend, Khair, Khajur, Kusum, Lalsa, Lodh, Liptas, Mahua, Makur Kned, Mango, Munga, Neem, Pakad, Palash, parsa, Paprot, peepal, Palmi, Pear, Pharhad, Pipal, Piyar, Rori, Sal, Saleya, Semal, Shisum, Sidha, Tilo, Tund, Safedi, Sakhua, Semar, Sidha, Simar, Sirish (ii) No. of trees Total trees enumerated = 8064 which will be No of Trees 8064 affected Trees with Girth below 60 cms 3036 Trees with Girth above 60 cms 5058 (iii) Density Latehar: 0.2-0.4 Chatra North: 0.5 Chatra South: 0.5 6. Exploration of Map showing proposed and alternative alignments have been alternative alignment submitted by the State Government (Pg 233-235/c). However, no proper justification for selection of proposed alignment has been indicated except a statement made in the Part-I that all possible alternatives have been explored to reduce the demand of forest land. While finalizing the route of the line attempts have been made avoid Reserved Forest Land. 7. Whether area is No significant from wildlife point of view 8. Vulnerability of the Proposed area is vulnerable to soil erosion. area to erosion 9. Approximate distance Situated within forest of the proposed area from the boundary of the forest. 10. Whether forms part of No National Park, Chatra South: The present alignment of transmission line is Wildlife Sanctuary, not passing through the Lawalong Wildlife Sanctuary but is biosphere reserve, aligned at a distance of 4.5 to 6 kms away from boundary of tiger reserve, elephant Lawalong Wildlife Sanctuary corridor etc. 11. Whether any No endangered unique species of flora and fauna found in the area 12. Whether any No protected archeological heritage site, defence establishment, or other important monument located in the area 13. Compensatory Compensatory afforestation has been proposed over 533 over Afforestation double degraded forest land: Division wise detail of area identified for raising CA is shown below: Division Area Proposed Proposed Thana No. proposed CA Area CA land for in Mouza diversion Chatra 61.517 124 Ektara Hunterganj/ North 104 Chatra 144.234 289 Siram Chatra/ 208 South Jainpur Chatra/ 137 Barta Gidhour/ 25 Karamdiri Tandwa/ 37 Latehar 59.907 60 Ganiari Balumath/ 296 Semersot Balumath/227 Total 265.658 533 Financial Outlay for raising CA Division Total Financial Outlay Chatra North 1,17,08,500 Chatra South 2,81,22,703 Latehar 96,12,000 CA scheme with 10 years maintenance has been submitted for Chatra North and South Forest Division while CA scheme with 7 years of maintenance has been submitted for Latehar Forest Division. CA area has been depicted on thematic maps. The Divisional Forest Officers, Chatra South forest division and Chatra North Forest division have submitted certificates regarding suitability of the area for Compensatory Afforestation. 14. Undertakings to bear The project proponent has submitted undertakings to bear the the cost of CA and cost of CA and NPV. NPV 15. Catchment Area Not Applicable Treatment 16. Employment Around 100 people will be engaged for 15-20 months during Potential the construction of line. Employment opportunities will also be opened up in beneficiary in agricultural and industrial sector. 17. Rehabilitation of Not Applicable Oustees 18. Recommendation All have recommended the proposal for approval. i. DFO 121/c,122/c, 588/c-591/c, 573/c-575/c ii. PCCF 117/c iii.State Government 116/c 19. Compliance of The project proponent has submitted certificate issued by the Scheduled Tribe and District Collector, Chatra (Pg 135/c) and Latehar (Pg 8-9/c) in Other Traditional accordance with the MoEF advisory dated 3.08.2009 read with Forest Dwellers Guidelines dated 5.02.2013 and 5.07.2013. However, copy of (Recognition of record of proceedings of Gram Sabha have not been submitted Forest Rights) Act, by the State Government. 2006 20. Cost Benefit Analysis 1:35 (pg 159/c) Total Cost – 194.4 crores Banefit – Rs. 6766.88 crores 21. District Profile 22. (i) Total Geographical 1. Latehar: 3660.5 sq.km area 2. Chatra North: 3711.32 sq.km 3. Chatra South: 3732 sq.km 23. (ii) Total forest area 1. Latehar: 1309.64 sq.km of district / Divisional 2. Chatra North: 2257.51 sq.km forest area 3. Chatra South: 2013.7 sq.km 24. (iii) Total area 1. Latehar: 245.394 ha (8 proposals) diverted since 1980 2. Chatra North: 164.747 ha(4 Proposals) 3. Chatra South: 1999.975 ha (38 proposals) 25. (iv) Total CA 1. Latehar: Forest land (370.36 Ha), Non-forest land stipulated since 1980 (36.6 Ha) 2. Chatra North: Nil 3. Chatra South: Forest land (5237.46 Ha), Non-forest land (442.065 Ha) 26. (v) Total CA 1. Latehar: Forest land (120.36), Non-forest land (Nil) achieved since 1980 2. Chatra North: Nil 3. Chatra South: Forest land (Nil), Non-forest land (Nil) SITE INSPECTION REPORT, REGIONAL OFFICE, BHUBANESWAR The site inspection of the above project was carried out on 04.03.2014 along with Ms. Mamta Priyadarshi, DFO, Lahetar Forest Division, Sri R K Sinha, ACF, Chatra South Forest Division, Sri B Ghosh, DGM, PGCIL Sri Soumitra Roy, Chief Manager, PGCIL and Sri A C Bag, Asst. Engineer, PGCIL. 1. Legal status of the forest land proposed for diversion: As reported by the State Govt., the legal status of the forest land is as follows: SI. Forest Division PF JJ Area in Ha No. 1 Chatra North 49.028 12.489 61.517 2 Chatra South 122.672 21.562 144.234 3 Latehar 21.299 38.608 59.907 Total 192.999 72.659 265.658 2. Item – wise break- up of the forest land proposed for diversion (in ha.) SI. Forest Thana Village Forest Land (Ha) No. Division Name No. Name PF JJ Total 1 Latehar Chandwa 276 Ambadohar 0.897 0.377 1.274 2 240 Nagar 1.265 3.3988 4.664 3 Balumath 210 Chitarpur 4.406 2.001 6.407 4 211 Nawadih 0 1.57 1.57 5 206 Jogiadih 0.562 4.966 5.528 6 204 Chetag 0.23 3.496 3.726 7 72 Komar 2.477 3.197 5.674 8 86 Hathdih 0.115 1.1452 1.26 9 73 Pukchu 0 0.123 0.123 10 84 Patnadag 1.399 2.162 3.561 11 81 Gari 2.336 5.075 7.411 12 34 Bathet 3.812 2.059 5.871 13 29 Karma 0.741 1.136 1.877 14 33 Ranhe 1.679 0.985 2.664 15 32 Birbir 0 1.677 1.677 16 36 Nawadih 1.38 5.24 6.62 17 Chatra Chatra 160 Sikid 7.084 0.092 7.176 18 South 157 Darha 18.124 0 18.124 19 171 Sanghri 0.851 2.875 3.726 20 191 Sajna 4.163 0 4.163 21 192 Amauna 2.691 0.621 3.312 22 194 Suruj 2.093 0 2.093 23 189 Kathautia 0 2.652 2.652 24 187 Jaipur 6.164 2.415 8.579 25 213 Parbat Alias 4.278 5.731 10.009 Barahmana 26 215 Gulhutu 3.312 0.138 3.45 27 217 Bhang 8.172