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/TRANS/157184/2022   (ii). Name of Project for which Forest Land is required : Diversion of 17.84 Hectare of forest land for construction of 132 kV MCT line on 220kV MCTs with ACSR ZEBRA conductor from 220/132 kV Substation proposed at Andheri to Tower No. 20/21 of existing 132 kV Jamta-Kala Amb transmission line at Kala Amb Distt. Sirmaur (HP)   (iii). Short narrative of the proposal and Project/scheme for which the forest land is required : The Himachal Pradesh Power Transmission Corporation Limited is a State Government undertaking, operating in intra-state and inter state regions of HP. HPPTCL is responsible for transmission of bulk power supply on EHV transmission network and providing uninterrupted and quality power to the state.   (iv). State : Himachal 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) : 3920   (viii). Area of forest land proposed for diversion(in ha.): 17.84   (ix). Non-forest land required for this project(in ha.): 12.56   (x). Total period for which the forest land is proposed to be diverted(in years): 99
A-2. Details of User Agency
  (i). Name : HP POWER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION LIMITED   (ii). Address1 : H.P. Power Transmission Corporation Limited, Himfed Bhawan, Panjari, Shimla   (iii). Address2 : NIL   (iv). State : Himachal Pradesh   (v). District : Shimla   (vi). Pin : 171005   (vii). Landmark : NIL   (viii). Email address : smkalaamb@gmail.com   (ix). Landline Telephone No. : 91-177-2831283   (x). Fax No. : 91-   (xi). Mobile No. : 9816445640   (xii). Website (if any) : www.hpptcl.com   (xiii). Legal status of User Agency : State PSU
A-3. Details of Person Making Application
  (i). First Name: Randhir   (ii). Middle Name: Singh   (iii). Last Name: Thakur   (iv). Gender: NIL   (v). Designation: Senior Manager (Projects)   (vi). Address 1: Senior Manager (Projects), HPPTCL, PIU, Kala Amb, Tehsil Nahan, Distt. Sirmaur (H.P.)   (vii). Address 2: NIL   (viii). State: Himachal Pradesh   (ix). District: Sirmaur   (x). Tehsil: NIL   (xi). Pin: 173030   (xii). Landmark: NIL   (xiii). Email Address: smkalaamb1@gmail.com   (xiv). Landline Telephone No.: 0-   (xv). Fax No.: NIL   (xvi). Mobile No.: 9418053375   (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.Nahan17.8412.56
Total17.8412.56
B-2.2 Details of Districts involved
District wise breakup
S.no District Name Forest Land(ha.) Non-Forest Land(ha.)
1.Sirmaur17.8412.56
Total17.8412.56
B-2.3 Village wise breakup
Villages wise breakup
S.no Village Forest Land(ha.) Non-Forest Land(ha.)
1TRILOKPUR1.7845.024
2mOHALIA KHATOLA7.1361.256
3SALANI5.3520.628
4BOGHERIA1.7840.628
5AMBWALA1.7845.024
Total 17.84 12.56
B-2.4 Component wise breakup
Component wise breakup
S.no Component Forest Land(ha.) Non-Forest Land(ha.)
1FOR TRANSMMION LINE17.8412.56
Total 17.84 12.56
C. Maps of forest land proposed to be diverted
Division 1. : Nahan
  (i). Area of forest land proposed to be diverted(in ha.) : 17.84   (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).
1.17.84    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): 0   (iii). Temporary Employment(Number of person-days): 18240
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: For laying of transmission lines
Additional information Details
Documents
S.No Documents
Remarks
1approval copy
2Checklist No. 07: Detail of Forest Land
3Checklist No. 08: Detail of Non Forest Land
4Checklist No. 09: Non Availability of Non Forest Land
5Checklist No. 10: Justification of Locating Project in Forest Area.
6Checklist No. 11: Minimum Use of Forest Area
7Checklist No. 12: Payment of CA Charges
8Checklist No. 13: Payment of NPV Charges
9Checklist No. 13-A: Payment of Additional NPV Charges
10Checklist No. 14: Undertaking of FRA Certificate
11Checklist No. 29: Cost Benefit Analysis
12Form A of User Agency
13Aerial Distance Certificate
14Main Checklist
15Miscellaneous
16CA Land Detail
17Approval of Scheme
18TATIMA of ROW
19Jamabandi of ROW
20Joint Inspection Report
21Toposheet of Route Alignment
22Check List No.-4
23Digital map
24Noc from HPPWD
25Noc from Fisheries Dept.
26Muck dumping certificate
27Administrative approval
28Dimensions of tower
29Aerial distance certificate
30EDS reply dated 28-02-2023
31Soil Moisture Conservation Plan undertaking
32FRA along with all record undertaking
33EDS Reply dated 31-03-2023
34Layout
35Clarification regarding muck dumping
36NoC/Sale deed of Private individual
37EDS reply dated 01-07-2023
38Complete pdf (Part-1)
39Complete pdf (Part-2)
40Reply letter to DFO dated 03.07.2023
41EDS Reply dated 05-07-2023
42EDS reply dated 09-08-2023