PART-II
(To be filled by the concerned Deputy Conservator of Forest)
State Serial No. of proposal : JH-038/2019
1. Location of the project/Scheme : Jharkhand
 (i) State / Union Territory : Jharkhand  (ii) District : Hazaribag  (iii) Forest Division : Hazaribagh West  (iv) Area of forest land proposed for diversion (in ha.) : 331.198  (v)

 Category of the Proposal: Mining
2. Legal status of forest land proposed for diversion
S. No. DivisionForest Land(ha.)Legal Status
1Hazaribagh West306.36Protected Forest
2Hazaribagh West24.832jungle-jhari land
Total 331.192
Division 1. : Hazaribagh West
3. District wise area to be diverted in the division
S. No. DistrictArea(ha.)
1Hazaribag331.198
Total331.198
4. Details of Vegetation available in the forest land proposed for diversion
 (i) Density of vegetation
S. No. Area(in ha.)Density Eco-Class
1331.1980.8Eco 3
Total. 331.198


(ii) Species-wise local/scientific names and girth-wise enumeration of trees at FRL
S. No. Scientific Name Local Name (0-30)cm. (31-60)cm. (61-90)cm. (91-120)cm. (121-150)cm. (>150)cm.
1Mangifera IndicaAam810119514
2OthersArar123175000
3Acacia NiloticaAcacia121913615134
4OthersAmla400000
5OthersArayir300002
6OthersAsan53159631831
7Ficus BengalensisBargad1611104726
8Aegle MarmelosBel3973210
9Semecarpus AnacardiumBhelwa1595015100
10OthersBhurkund800000
11OthersBandarloya10200010
12Couroupita GuianensisBelojan300000
13Zizyphus JujubaBer7911500
14OthersBeree200000
15Terminalia bellericaBaher1122027
16OthersChir500000
17OthersChirchiri17603111084147
18OthersChop70280000
19OthersChakundi101864117243135
20OthersChamarber110000
21OthersChaukad155638316
22OthersChawe200000
23OthersChopan210000
24OthersDoka3738923300
25OthersDauka200000
26OthersDalgurhara200100
27OthersDhar400000
28OthersDhawe300000
29OthersDhodha74186100
30OthersDawan100000
31OthersDhdhor100000
32Ficus RacemosaDumar001000
33OthersFarad500000
34Tamarindus IndicaImli214112
35OthersGijan870000
36OthersGalgal010000
37Syzigium CuminiJamun121512115
38Gmelina ArboreaGamhar100000
39OthersGhat100000
40OthersKaram401000
41OthersKanod225183101
42OthersKantail010000
43Artocarpus HeterophyllusKathal100000
44OthersKaranj47198400
45OthersKadam110000
46OthersKekar840000
47OthersKondar13132210
48OthersKoro13800000
49Diasporus MelanoxylonKend5040000
50OthersKathamuli212000
51OthersKachnar400000
52OthersKaridhawan820000
53OthersKoko300000
54OthersKoraiya500000
55OthersKhumer410100
56OthersKumbhi100000
57EucalyptusEucalyptus203226001
58Madhuca indicaMahua168144694343115
59Moringa oleiferaMunga200000
60OthersMona101000
61OthersNasri1491100
62Azadirachta IndicaNeem1736616748
63OthersPandan8941000
64OthersParsa11027873251453719
65Butea MonospermaPalash166108301688
66OthersPindar500000
67Ficus ReligiosaPipal6423512
68OthersPodo721001
69OthersPaprodh000201
70OthersPyar33116100
71OthersPator100000
72OthersPedaar111000
73Shorea RobustaSakhua616152373458875374454
74Bombax CeibaSimar1132001
75Albezzia LabbeckSiris352315750
76Tectona GrandisSagwan17824448810
77OthersSidha17150000
78OthersSimsahar600000
79OthersSohar400000
80Dalburgia SisooSisam000001
81OthersRori3672000
82OthersTar000001
83OthersTejpatta300000
84Acacia CatechuKhair1562635631404
85OthersKusum100001
86OthersMesodh21427300
Total 14449 89554590 1281529 717
Sub Total (No of Trees.) 30521


5. Working plan prescription for the forest land proposed for diversion : Working plan prescription for the forest land proposed for diversion are coppice with standard system (CWS) and plantation, Rehabilitation and plantation cum-soil conservation working circle. In CWS system over wood of standards usually of seedling origin composed of various age classes in multiple of coppice rotation are marked for retention. All other trees above predetermined girth classes are felled. CWS consists of two distinct elements. 1. A lower even aged story created as simple coppice. 2. An upper story of standards forming an un-even aged crop and treated as high forests on the principle of selection system. The Coppice is termed Underwood and standards as over wood. The object of the standards is to provide a certain proportion of large timber to furnish seeds for natural regeneration and in certain cases to afford protection to the coppice crop against frost. Tending of young crop is done on established silvicultural practices under strict supervision of senior officers. Every effort will be made to regenerate such forests by protection with the active cooperation of VFMPCs and in only exceptional cases, artificial regeneration will be resorted to only in those areas where permanent blanks are more than 1.00 ha. and root stock is absent and despite best efforts natural regeneration has failed to come up. The Rehabilitation working Circle comprises such Sal and miscellaneous forests of the Division which are stagnation in bushy stage (Sal rooted wastes) or perpetual sapling stage due to extremely adverse biotic factors like unregulated felling, grazing and forest fire. This working circle contains the following types of areas:- 1. Area under rehabilitation working of the previous plan 2. parts of the plantation sites old or new rendered blank either because of inadequate protection or excessive biotic interferences 3. Area under CWS which de-generated into bushy or sapling forest due to excessive unregulated felling , grazing etc. No felling has been prescribed under this Working Circle. Salvage felling of only dead. dying and diseased trees, thinning and singling of stock and cutting and resizing of deformed or pollarded root stock will be permitted on sound silvicultural principles. The suitable area are planted with suitable endogenous and valuable species. The edaphic and other local factor are kept in mind while deciding about the suitable species. Soil and moisture conservation works are to be taken up along with marking and will be completed before onset of monsoon in the next year. These working include two main operations namely contour trenching, Nala bunding, Check-dams and silt detention dams as per site requirement and approved by competent authority. Plantations of fast growing species (QGS), fuel and fodder species, Bamboo plantations, lac plantations and Khair Plantations may be raised under this Working Circle. The main aim of the plantation would be to restock the blank areas where natural regeneration has failed to come up and provide employment to the people in plantation activities like planting, hoeing, weeding and protection. At the same time steps will be taken to reduce soil erosion by adopting soil and moisture conservation works along with planting of trees. Emphasis would be on conservation of water in forest areas as water is increasingly becoming scarce. Under soil conservation water harvesting structures, check dams, siltation dams, gully plugging, contour trenching will also be done.
6. Brief note on vulnerability of the forest area to erosion : Proposed Forest Area is vulnerable to soil erosion, gully erosion and in some part Ravines are also present inside the forest area proposed for the diversion.
7. Approximate distance of the proposed site for diversion from boundary of forest(in km.) : 0
8. Significance of the forest land proposed for diversion from wildlife point of view
 (i). Details of wildlife present in and around the forest land proposed for diversion : Elephant, Hyena, Python, Nilgai, Wild Boar, Deer, Fox, Indian Cobra, Jungli Cat, Jackal, Rabbit etc. are present in and around proposed forest land.
 (ii). Whether forms part of national park, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve,tiger reserve, elephant corridor, wildlife migration corridor etc. : No
 (iii). Whether the forest land proposed for diversion is located within eco-sensitive zone(ESZ) of the Protected Area notified under Wildlife(Protection) Act,1972 (Note: In case, ESZ of a Protected Area is not notified,then,10kms distance from boundary of the Protected Area should be treated as ESZ): No
 (iv). Whether any national park, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve, tiger reserve, elephant corridor, wildlife migration corridor etc., is located within 1 Km. from boundary of the forest land proposed for diversion : No
 (v). Whether any rare/endangered/unique species of flora and fauna found in the area : No
9. Details of any protected archaeological/heritage site/defence establishment or any other important monument located in the area, if any
 (i). Whether any protected archaeological/heritage site/defence establishment or any other important monument is located in the area : No
10. Comment as to the reasonability of the extent of the forest land proposed for diversion
 (i). Whether the requirement of forest land as proposed by the user agency is unavoidable and bare minimum for the project : Yes
11. Details of violation(s), if any ,committed
 (i). Whether any work in violation of the Act or guidelines issued under the Act has been carried out : No
12. Whether work in violation is still in progres(Yes/No) : NIL
13. Details of compensatory afforestation scheme
Patch wise details for Degraded Area (To be earmarked by DFO)
(i). Total Financial Outlay for C.A(lacs): 1335.56167
Patch Wise Details
S.no Patch No.Area(ha.)Name of PF/RFRangeCompartment NoUploaded KML file of patch
11214PandnatandBarhi50, 51, 86, 133, 134,135,154,155,157, 158,160,162,166,102,103    View file
2246.34BerokalaBarhi579, 575, 589, 659    View file
33118.58ChandgarhBarhi9, 6, 1, 111, 20,329,128,650,623,461,610    View file
4496.26ChalkushaBarhi1575, 2205, 2193, 2197, 2046, 2073, 2329, 2332, 2378    View file
5579.54BaranoBarhi56, 617, 53, 618, 69, 505, 569    View file
6632.64JamsothiBarhi1540, 1541, 1542, 1543, 1544, 1545, 1546, 1547, 1548, 1157, 1537    View file
7739.54KenduwaBarhi14, 26, 2, 149, 190, 192    View file
8836.94JarpaBarhi55, 72, 86    View file
(ii). Copy of CA scheme details: (iii). Scanned copy of the Geo-referenced map of the forest land proposed for C.A. prepared by using DGPS or Total Station: (iv). Copy of Survey of India Toposheet indicating boundary of forest land proposed for C.A.:
 (V). Copy of NOC from Competent Authority :

Additional information Details
S. No. DocumentsRemarks
NIL

14. District Profile
S.no District NameGeographical area of the district (in ha.)Forest area of the district (in ha.)Total forest area diverted since 1980 (in ha.)No. of Approved CasesForest Land including penal C.A. (in ha.)Progress of compensatory afforestation as on(date)A) Forest land (in ha.)B) Non-forest land (in ha.)
1Hazaribag599800127893.482668.83236482.393231/03/20194575.760
15. Site inspection report of the DFO/CCF/Nodal Officer highlighting important facts pertaining to the forest land
Division NameCircleSite inspected ByWhether site inspectedNo. of times site visited Site inspection reportDate of visit
Hazaribagh WestHazaribaghDFOYesOne17/10/2019
 HazaribaghCFYesOne28/02/2020
 Nodal OfficerNoNo Data
(Specific recommendation of the DFO/CCF/Nodal Officer with(Part II,III & Part IV))
16. Specific recommendation of the DFO/CCF/Nodal Officer for acceptance or otherwise of the proposal with reason
DivisionCircleRecommendation ByRecommendationReasonLetter Whether CF agreed
Hazaribagh WestHazaribaghDFO RecommendedThe present forest patch of 331.198 Ha of forest land proposed for diversion is part of larger forest landscape in the area and is source to many perennial streams. The removal of the forest cover would not only disturb the ecological stability, livelihood security of the people but would also lead to water insecurity in the region. It should be noted that the area doesn’t have any perennial river and the water availability is enhanced only by the forests of the area. Hence, a water security plan should be prepared and adhered to. The present area is just adjoining to the already diverted area of 1026.438 Ha of forest land towards Coal mining to NTPC Pakri Barwadih and a nallah by name Khorra Nallah separates these two blocks, the said nallah will be largely affected by the mining activities hence it should be protected by identifying and developing green belts upto 100 metres on either sides to prevent sedimentation and choking. As observed in the existing mine of NTPC Pakri Barwadih no amount of siltation dams could prevent the sediment deposition and choking of streams as overburden is dumped just adjacent to the nallahs/ streams.. A serious view may be taken in this regard failing which a few decades down the line, the entire area would be affected by water crises. As the present area of diversion is adjacent to a existing mine and more mines would come up in future leading to cluster mining in the area , a special plan may be made to maintain the landscape integrity of the existing forest, especially with regard to fragmentation and connectivity. The forest is compact having density of 0.8 and also that it is rich in species composition, efforts should be made to preserve the germplasm of the area by conducting proper study before initiating mining activities and specific guidelines towards ecorestoration plan, conservation plan and reclamation plan may be may be issued. Since, the cluster mining would involve activities like breaking of land and removal of earth in the area and beyond the entire landscape will be vulnerable to soil erosion and sedimentation . So a integrated soil and water conservation plan should be prepared and implemented treating the entire landscape. The mining in the area should be in consonance with the “Integrated Wildlife Management Plan” of North Karanpura. A special team of Subject Matter Specialist’s may be constituted essentially soil Scientist, Agricultural Enginerring , GIS specialist, etc. under the chairmanship of the Divisional Forest Officer, to monitor various studies to be conducted in the area specifically with regard to scientific study of soil erosion, water conservation, ecological restoration and other activities proposed by MoEF&CC from time to time and the team would be submitting the reports to the Divisional Forest Officer . This is specifically proposed taking in view the time and resource constraints at divisional level and the entire cost for the study and logistics should be borne by the user agency. In addition to the above recommendations, options may be explored for underground mining of the present area.
HazaribaghCF RecommendedI totally agree with the recommendation of the Divisional Forest Officer. The proposal may be accepted with the following conditions or as considered and decided by the GOI. 1. A water security plan should be prepared by the group of expert and adhered to, 2. A green belt on either sides of Khorrah Nallah should be developed to prevent sedimentation and choking of the this Nallah 3. As the area is rich in species composition, eco restoration plan, Conservation Plan and Reclamation Plan may be prepared conducting proper study before initiating mining activities and should be implemented in its spirit. 4. An integrated soil and water conservation plan should be prepared and implemented treating the entire landscape. 5. The mining in the area should be in consonance with the “Integrated Wildlife Management Plan” of North Karanpura and a site specific WLMP will be prepared and implemented on the basis of IWLMP of North Karanpura. 6. A special team comprising of subject matter specialists and forest officials may be constituted to study and monitor with regard to soil erosion, water conservation, ecological restoration and other activities proposed by MoEF & CC from time to time and the team would be submitting the reports of the forest officials. The entire cost for the study, monitoring and logistics should borne by the user agency. Yes
Nodal Officer RecommendedRecommended
Specific recommendation of the State Government(Part V)
17. Specific recommendation of the State Government for acceptance or otherwise of the proposal with reason ( Part V)
StateRecommendation ByRecommendationRecommendation DateRemarksSigning AuthorityNotificationRecommendation Letter
JharkhandState SecretaryRecommended15/06/2022RecommendedState Govt. OfficerNo Data
17. Stage-I Clearance Report
Regional OfficeRecommendation ByMoEF File No.Date of Stage-I ClearanceClearance Letter
RanchiHead Office8-56/2009-FC Vol.26/05/2023
18. Payment made by User Agency
Proposal No.Application No.Total Amount (Rs.)Recieved Amount (Rs.)Transaction DateTransaction IDBank NameMode of PaymentDemmand Generated By User AgencyDemmand Verified By Nodal OfficerUploaded Demand Letter
FP/JH/MIN/38798/2019MIN3879820199081,062,855,807.001,062,860,000.002023-11-28SBINR12023112485848761SBINR12023112586053399SBINR1Union Bank Of IndiaNEFT/RTGS (Challan)NANA
FP/JH/MIN/38798/2019MIN3879820199081,062,855,807.001,062,860,000.002023-11-28SBINR12023112586053398SBINR12023112586053399SBINR1Union Bank Of IndiaNEFT/RTGS (Challan)NANA
FP/JH/MIN/38798/2019MIN3879820199081,062,855,807.001,062,860,000.002023-11-28SBINR12023112485848761SBINR12023112586053399SBINR1Union Bank Of IndiaNEFT/RTGS (Challan)NANA
FP/JH/MIN/38798/2019MIN387982019963433,826,500.00Union Bank Of IndiaNEFT/RTGS (Challan)2024-11-122024-11-19
19. Uploaded Status of Land to be transferred to Forest Department under FCA (Mutation Details) : No
20. Mutation Details Verified By Nodal Officer
Proposal No.Verified DateMutation LetterRemarks
FP/JH/MIN/38798/201918 Apr 2024No DataVerified
23. Stage-II Clearance Details
Proposal No.Date of Stage-II ClearanceProposal StatusClearance Letter
FP/JH/MIN/38798/2019Approved In-PrincipleNo Data