FORM - A
Form for seeking prior approval of Central Government under section 2 of the Forest(Conservation) Act,1980 for Diversion of fresh forest area
PART - I
(To be filled up by User Agency)
A. General Details
A-1. Project Details
  (i). Proposal No. : FP/AR/TRANS/144909/2021   (ii). Name of Project for which Forest Land is required : Construction of 132kV D/C Roing-Chapakhowa Transmission Line under NERSS-X.   (iii). Short narrative of the proposal and Project/scheme for which the forest land is required : The proposed 132kV Roing-Chapakhowa Transmission Line is an Regulated Tarif Mechanism (RTM) project which is conceived under the NERSS-X scheme for strengthening of Transmission and Distribution in the state of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam by POWERGRID North Eastern Region. As per the joint survey o   (iv). State : Arunachal Pradesh   (v). Category of the Proposal : Transmission Line   (vi). Shape of forest land proposed to be diverted : Linear   (vii). Estimated cost of the Project(Rupees in lacs) : 4048   (viii). Area of forest land proposed for diversion(in ha.): 15.034   (ix). Non-forest land required for this project(in ha.): 60.646   (x). Total period for which the forest land is proposed to be diverted(in years): 50
A-2. Details of User Agency
  (i). Name : POWERGRID   (ii). Address1 : 132kV POWERGRID SS, Ezengo village, Bypass road, Roing   (iii). Address2 : NIL   (iv). State : Arunachal Pradesh   (v). District : Lower Dibang Valley   (vi). Pin : 792110   (vii). Landmark : NIL   (viii). Email address : s.k.saikia@powergrid.in   (ix). Landline Telephone No. : 0-   (x). Fax No. : 0-   (xi). Mobile No. : 9436335249   (xii). Website (if any) : www.powergrid.in   (xiii). Legal status of User Agency : Central PSU
A-3. Details of Person Making Application
  (i). First Name: Sanjib   (ii). Middle Name: Kumar   (iii). Last Name: Saikia   (iv). Gender: Male   (v). Designation: Dy General Manager   (vi). Address 1: 132/33 kV POWERGRID SS, Ezengo village, bypass road, Roing   (vii). Address 2: NIL   (viii). State: Arunachal Pradesh   (ix). District: Lower Dibang Valley   (x). Tehsil: roing   (xi). Pin: 792110   (xii). Landmark: NIL   (xiii). Email Address: s.k.saikia@powergrid.in   (xiv). Landline Telephone No.: 0-   (xv). Fax No.: NIL   (xvi). Mobile No.: 9436335249   (xvii). Copy of documents in support of the competence/authority of the person making this application to make application on behalf of the User Agency:
B. Details of land required for the Project
B-1. Details of proposal seeking prior approval of Central Government under the Act for diversion of forest land for the Project already submitted in the past
List of proposal submitted in Past
S.no Proposal Status. Proposal No. Moef File No. Area Proposed for Diversion(Ha.) Area Diverted(Ha.) Date of In-Principle Approval Date of Final Approval
NIL
B-2. Details of forest land proposed to be diverted
B-2.1 Details of Divisions involved
Details of Divisions involved
S.no Division Name Forest Land(ha.) Non-Forest Land(ha.)
1.Dibang Forest Division15.03460.646
Total15.03460.646
B-2.2 Details of Districts involved
District wise breakup
S.no District Name Forest Land(ha.) Non-Forest Land(ha.)
1.Lower Dibang Valley15.03460.646
Total15.03460.646
B-2.3 Village wise breakup
Villages wise breakup
S.no Village Forest Land(ha.) Non-Forest Land(ha.)
1Shantipur, meka, ezengo15.03460.646
Total 15.034 60.646
B-2.4 Component wise breakup
Component wise breakup
S.no Component Forest Land(ha.) Non-Forest Land(ha.)
1Right of Way of Transmission Line15.03460.646
Total 15.034 60.646
C. Maps of forest land proposed to be diverted
Division 1. : Dibang Forest Division
  (i). Area of forest land proposed to be diverted(in ha.) : 15.034   (ii). Nature of the Project: Linear   (b). No. of Segments : Three
Segment wise details
Segments Segment Area(in ha.) Kml File of Segments
(To view KML file on google the same may be downloaded and then open if in google earth install in your computer).
1.0.631    View File
2.1.157    View File
3.13.246    View File
  (iii). Copy of Survey of India Toposheet indicating boundary of forest land proposed to be diverted:   (iv). Scanned copy of the Geo-referenced map of the forest land proposed to be diverted prepared by using GPS or Total Station:
D. Justification for locating the Project in forest land and details of alternatives examined:
  (i). Copy of note containing justification for locating the Project in forest land:   (ii). Whether a copy of map indicating location of alternative examine is required to be provided: Yes   (a). Copy of map indicating location of alternative examined:
E. Employment likely to be generated
  (i). Whether the Project is likely to generate employment ?: Yes   (ii). Permanent/Regular Employment(Number of persons): 5   (iii). Temporary Employment(Number of person-days): 17472
F. Displacement of People due to the Project, if any
  (i). Whether Project involves displacement?: No
G. Details of Cost-Benefit analysis for the Project
  (i). Whether the Project requires Cost-Benefit analysis?: No
H. Status of Environmental Clearance
  (i). Whether the Project requires Clearance under the Environment (Protection) Act 1986 ? : No
I. Status of Wildelife Clearance
  (i). Whether the Project or a part thereof is located in any Protected Area or their Eco sensitive zone? : No
J. Applicability of special provisions governing Scheduled Areas
  (i).Whether the Project or a part thereof is located in a Scheduled Area? : Yes
K. Status of settlement of rights under the Forest Rights Act,2006 on the forest land proposed to be diverted
  (i). Whether the process for settlement of Rights under the Forest Rights Acts 2006 on the forest land proposed to be diverted has been completed? : No
L. Details of land identified for Compensatory Afforestation
  (i). Whether non-forest or Revenue forest land is required to be provided by User Agency?: Not Applicable   (ii). Whether the area of non-forest land or Revenue forest land required to be provided by User Agency for raising Compensatory Afforestation is less than area of forest land proposed to be diverted ?: Not Applicable   (iii) . Reason for not providing Non-Forest Land: Not Applicable
Additional information Details
Documents
S.No Documents
Remarks
1Joint Verification report
2Investment approval of the project
3Approval from Central Transmission Utility
4Proposed route showing forest area
53D map showing ROW area and height of tower and ground clearance
63 alternative route map
7Google Map
8Authorisation
9NPV Undertaking
10Addl NPV Undertaking
11Minimum use of Forest land Undertaking
12FRA Undertaking
13Forest Land details
14Dwarf Plantation
15Survey done by TS
16Right of way declaration
17Comparative statement of 3 alternative routes
18Details of towers under Forest area
19Justification of Project
20Confirmation of Forest area