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/HP/ROAD/146729/2021   (ii). Name of Project for which Forest Land is required : WIDENING & STRENGTHENING TO DOUBLE LANE OF POANTA-RAJBAN-SHILAI-MINUS-HATKOTI ROAD, PORTION SNAIL TO HATKOTI FROM RD 149/00 TO 161/715 NH-707 (OLD NH-72B), DISTRICT SHIMLA, H.P.   (iii). Short narrative of the proposal and Project/scheme for which the forest land is required : WIDENING & STRENGTHENING TO DOUBLE LANE OF POANTA-RAJBAN-SHILAI-MINUS-HATKOTI ROAD, PORTION SNAIL TO HATKOTI FROM RD 149/00 TO 161/715 NH-707 (OLD NH-72B), DISTRICT SHIMLA, H.P. The existing road has to widened from NH-707 in the state of HP.   (iv). State : Himachal Pradesh   (v). Category of the Proposal : Road   (vi). Shape of forest land proposed to be diverted : Linear   (vii). Estimated cost of the Project(Rupees in lacs) : 9380   (viii). Area of forest land proposed for diversion(in ha.): 5.368   (ix). Non-forest land required for this project(in ha.): 23.8274   (x). Total period for which the forest land is proposed to be diverted(in years): 99
A-2. Details of User Agency
  (i). Name : HIMACHAL PRADESH PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT   (ii). Address1 : Engineer-in-Chief HPPWD Nirman Bhawan Nigam Vihar Shimla   (iii). Address2 : NIL   (iv). State : Himachal Pradesh   (v). District : Shimla   (vi). Pin : 171002   (vii). Landmark : NIL   (viii). Email address : nhpwdtheog@gmail.com   (ix). Landline Telephone No. : 0-   (x). Fax No. : 0-   (xi). Mobile No. : 7018562569   (xii). Website (if any) : NIL   (xiii). Legal status of User Agency : State Government
A-3. Details of Person Making Application
  (i). First Name: Deepak   (ii). Middle Name: NIL   (iii). Last Name: Kumar   (iv). Gender: Male   (v). Designation: Executive Engineer   (vi). Address 1: NH Division, HPPWD Theog   (vii). Address 2: NIL   (viii). State: Himachal Pradesh   (ix). District: Shimla   (x). Tehsil: Theog(T)   (xi). Pin: 171201   (xii). Landmark: NIL   (xiii). Email Address: nhpwdtheog@gmail.com   (xiv). Landline Telephone No.: 0-   (xv). Fax No.: NIL   (xvi). Mobile No.: 7018562569   (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.Rohru5.36823.8274
Total5.36823.8274
B-2.2 Details of Districts involved
District wise breakup
S.no District Name Forest Land(ha.) Non-Forest Land(ha.)
1.Shimla5.36823.8274
Total5.36823.8274
B-2.3 Village wise breakup
Villages wise breakup
S.no Village Forest Land(ha.) Non-Forest Land(ha.)
1Mugra Ndhal2.92684.9794
2Arakshit Jungle Batad2.16920.6621
3Kuddu0.1524.7909
4Cheeng Darmana0.124.0213
5Saraswatinagar03.5007
6Chanderpur04.605
7Annu01.268
Total 5.368 23.8274
B-2.4 Component wise breakup
Component wise breakup
S.no Component Forest Land(ha.) Non-Forest Land(ha.)
1Road2.169223
2Dumping Site3.04680
3Bridge0.1520.8274
Total 5.368 23.8274
C. Maps of forest land proposed to be diverted
Division 1. : Rohru
  (i). Area of forest land proposed to be diverted(in ha.) : 5.368   (ii). Nature of the Project: Linear   (b). No. of Segments : One
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).
1.5.368    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: No   (a). Reason for not providing such map: Widening and Strengthening to Double Lane of exist
E. Employment likely to be generated
  (i). Whether the Project is likely to generate employment ?: Yes   (ii). Permanent/Regular Employment(Number of persons): 0   (iii). Temporary Employment(Number of person-days): 42857
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?: Yes   (a). Copy of Cost-Benefit analysis:
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? : No
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?: No   (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: Others
Additional information Details
Documents
S.No Documents
Remarks
1Non-Availability of Non-Forest Land for project
2Joint Inspection
3Eco Sensitive Zone Certificate
4Population Certificate
5CERTIFICATE FOR MINIMUM USE OF FOREST LAND
6UNDERTAKING FOR PAYMENT OF COST OF COMPENSATORY AFFORESTATION
7UNDERTAKING FOR PAYMENT OF NET PRESENT VALUE OF FOREST AREA
8UNDERTAKING FOR PAYMENT OF ADDITIONAL NPV OF FOREST AREA
9Undertaking for FRA
10Certificate for Soil Erosion Control
11Combined PDF Part-I
12Reply
13Site plan
14Detail of RoW
15Reply
16Forwarding letter
17Reply With Annexure
18Undertaking for Cost of SMCP
19Reply with Annexure10.03.2023
20Reply With Annexure 24.07.2023
21Chainage wise Detail of Forest land
22Justification for Chainage Marked on KML
23Muck Management Plan
24Undertaking for Number of Bridges
25Reply 15.09.2023
26Chainage wise details of non-forest land
27Financial Sanction letter