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ONDEXTOANNEXURES (VOLUME - II) S.NO. PARTICULARS PAGE NO. 1. ReportoftheCEC 1-110 ANNEXURE R -1 (Golly.) 2. Copies of the relevant extracts from the 111-132 minutes of the 561h and 57th Meeting of SC NBWL held on 17.12.2019 and 7.4.2020 ANNEXURE R-2 (Golly.) 3. Copies of the letters of CEC dated 133-1 34 19.02.2020 and 15.09.2020 addressed to the Secretary, MoEF&CC ANNEXURE R-3 4. A Statement showing gist of some of the 135-168 representations received by CEC in adcition to the Applióation No. 1440 ANNEXURE R-4 (Colly.) 5. Copies of the letters dated 1.2.2021 and 169-175 17.2.2021 received from the South Western Railway giving details of goods traffic ANNEXURE R-5 6. A copy of the letter dated 07/08-04-2021 176-180 from South Western Railway ANNEXURE R-6 7. A copy of the Site Appraisal Report of NTCA 181-210 on doubling of Tinaighat — Caranzol Rail line ANNEXURE R-7 8 A Statement giving the details of forest area 211 involved in the States of Goa and Karnataka in doubling of the Rail line ANNEXURE R-8 A copy of the minutes of the 60th Meeting of 2 12-214 SC NBWL held on 5.1.2021 ANNEXURE R-9 (Colly.) Photographs taken during the site visit of CEC showing the nature of the pristine 10. ecosystem of the Western Ghats aound 215-224 Castlerock and photos received from the Government agencies showing Tiger along the rail track and representative phcto of animal accidents along the railway track ANNEXURE R-1O 11. A copy of the Notification dated 28.11 2018 225-229 of the Ministry of Power ANNEXURE R-11 12. A copy of the statement showing the divsion 230 wise details of forest area and trees with number of towers ANNEXURE R-12 (Colly) 13. The Statements showing the alternate routes 231-232 examined by GTTPL in Goa and Karnataka ANNEXURE R-13 14. A copy of the minutes of the meeting of the 233-243 REC, Bangalore held on 23.2.2021 ANNEXURE R-14 (Colly.) 15. A copy each of the letter dated 19.11.2020 244-249 AND 1.1.2021 of. M0EF&CC, Reg~onaI Office, Bangalore ANNEXURE R-15 16. A copy of the map of Goa state showing the 250 spatial distribution of project elements ANNEXURE R-16 17 A copy of the Minutes of the 39~ Meetirg of 251-254 ~ the Standing Committee on Power System Planning in Western Region held on 30.11.20 15 ANNEXURE R-17 18. Copy of the letter dated 10.07.2018 of Dy. 255-256 Conservator of Forest, Wildlife and ECO — Tourism (N) ANNEXURE R-18 (CoNy.) A copy of the line overview of 220/IIC KV 19. line presented by GTTPL and photographs of 257-260 the existing 110/220 KV line and the proposed site for 400/220 KV substation at Sangod ANNEXURE R-19 20 A copy of the index map of the propDsed 261 road alignment of NH — 4A ANNEXURE R-20 21 A copy of the response of State PWD tc the 262-264 comments offered by the CEC during the site visit held on 21.1.2021 ANNEXURE R-21(Colly.) 22 A copy of the animated views of the 265-267 projected 4 lane elevated road, animal underpass and animal overpass ANNEXURE R-22 (Colly) 23. A copy of the letter dated 13.4.2021 of CEC 268-271 and letter dated 20.4.2021 of the Chief Engineer (NH, R&B) of Government of Goa MNNrXURL~ R- i (couj H, Government of India Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Wildlife Division) 6th Floor, Vayu Wing Indira Paryavaran Bhawan Jor Bagh Road, Aligaij New Delhi 110 003 F.No.6-154/2019WL Date: 21.01.2C20 To All Members Standing Committee of NBWL Sub: Minutes of 56th Meeting of the Standing Committee of National Board for Wild Life- reg. Sir! Madam, Kindly find enclosed copy of the Minutes of 56~ Meeting of the Standing Committee of National Board for Wild Life held on j7th December 2019 through Vxieo Conference under :be chairmanship of Hon’ble Union Minister of Environment, Forest anc Climate Change. Yours faithfully, v’~t (Dr Pasupala Ravi) Scientis: C End: As above Distribution (1) Secretary, MoEF&CC (2) DGF&SS, MoEF&CC (3) ADGF(WL) MoEF&CC (4) ADGF(FC), MoEF&CC (5) Member Secretary, NTCA (6) Director, W I, Dehradun (7) Director, GEER Foundation, Gandhinagar, Gujarat (8) Prof. R. Sukumar, Member, NBWL (9) Dr. H.S. Sirgh, Member, NBWL (10) Pr. Secretary, Dept. of Envi., Forest, Science & Tech., Govt. of Ard9ra Pradesh (11) Shri Noyal Thomas, IGF & Director (PE) Copy to (1) PS to Hon’ble MoEF&CC (2) PS to Hon’ble MoSEF&CC (3) PPS to DGF&SS, MoEF&CC (4) PPS to Addl.DGF(WL), PPS to IGF(WL) (5) CWLW Assam I CWLW Bihar! CWLW Goal CWLW Gujarat / CWLW .Jharkhand I CWLW Madbya Pradesh I CWLW Rajasthan / CWLW Telangana / CWLW Tripura I CW...W Uttarakhand MINUTES OF 561h MEETING OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF NATIONAL BOARD FOR WILD LIFE HELD ON 171h DECEMBER 2019 The 56th Meeting of the Standing Committee of National Board for Wild Life was held ~ j~th December 2019 through Video Conference and chaired by the Hon’ble Union Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change. List of participants is placed at ANNEXU RE-I. Hon’ble Chairman welcomed all the participants to the Seth Meeting of the Standing Committee of National Board for Wild Life and asked tie IGF(WL) to initiate the discussions on the Agenda Items. AGENDA ITEM No.1 55.1.1 Confirmation of the minutes of the ~ Meeting of the Standing Committee of National Board for Wild Life held on 29th August 2019 The IGF(WL) mentioned that the minutes of the 5S’~ Meeting of the Standing Committee of National Board for Wild Life held on 29th Aucust 2019 were circulated amongst all the members of the Standing Committee on li~~ September 2019. He solicited for confirmation of the m~nutes during the meeting. After discussions, the Standing Committee decided to confirm the minutes. AGENDA ITEM No.2 (Action Taken Report) 54.4.3 Proposal for use of 98.59 ha of reserve forestland from Saleki proposed reserve forest which is a part of Dehing Patkai Elephant Reserve for Tikok OCP coal mining project by North-Eastern Coal Field, Coal India Limited, Assam State The IGF(WL) briefed the Standing Committee and stated that the proposal was considered in the 54th meeting held on 18th July 2019 wherein it was decided that a committee comprising of Prof R Sukumar, Member NBWL, representative from the Wildlife Division and the State Chief Wildlife Warden would visit the project site and submit report to this Ministry within one month. Further the Ministry may also arrange for meeting wit officials of Coal India Limited as advised by the chair. He stated that the Site Inspectior Committee visited project site and submitted report on 22/10/2019. Prof. R. Sukumar, Member stated that 57.20 ha of forestland has already been broken up by the user agency and the balance area of 41.39 ha unbroken land, cautious approach need to be adopted in the light of the rich biodiversity. Tie proposed area is on a steep hill slope that is part of the Dehing Patkai Elephant reserve adjoining good forest area in the neighboring State of Arunachal Pradesh which indudes Deomali Elephart Reserve with a sizeable population of elephants. He also stated that it would be prudent to preserve the basic integrity of this forested hill slope. lJPage us After discussions, the Standing Committee decided to defer the proposal till the outcome of the meeting with the officials of Coal India Limited. 54.4.24 Proposal for use of 12.885 ha private land of Sohagra Graphite Mine situated near Village Sohagra, District Palamu, Jharkhand State The IGF(WL) briefed the Standing Committee and stated that the proposal was considered ~y the Standing Committee in its 54th meeting held o’i 18th July 2019 wherein it was decided to deliberate discussions in the forthcoming meeing. The IGF(WL) stated that the State Chief Wildlife Warden has recommended the proj&t with conditions. Further the IGF(WL) stated that the State Board for Wilc Lie has recommended the proposal in ts meeting held on 23105/2018. The NTCA has also recommended the proj~t with the conditions and mitigative measures. After discussions, the Standing Committee decided to defer the proposal. 54.4.21 Proposal for use of 11.115 ha of land (forestland: 2.565 ha + civil soyam land: 8.190 ha) construction of Kotgaon (Naitwaj to Kalap Motor road, Uttarakhand State The IGF(WL) briefed the Standing Committee and stat~ that the proposal was considered in the 54°’ meeting held on 18°’ July 2019 wherein it was decided to deliberate discussions in the forthcoming meeting in the light of the guidelines for roads in protected areas issued by the Ministry. He stated the proposal is for use of 11.115 ha of land (8.190 ha of civil soyam land + 2.565 ha forestland) for construction of ~‘ew road from Kotgaon to Kalap Motor road passing through Govind Pashu Vihar National Park. He stated that the State Chief Wildlife Warden has recommended the project without imposing conditions. Further the IGF(WL) stated that the State Board for Wild LIe has recommended the proposal in its meeting held on 15/06/2018.