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/JK/TRANS/44317/2020   (ii). Name of Project for which Forest Land is required : Re-routing of 400 KV S/C Dulhasti-Kishenpur TL   (iii). Short narrative of the proposal and Project/scheme for which the forest land is required : Re-routing of 400 KV S/C Dulhasti-Kishenpur TL from tower 43 to tower 47 in Drabshalla area   (iv). State : Jammu and Kashmir   (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) : 340   (viii). Area of forest land proposed for diversion(in ha.): 1.54   (ix). Non-forest land required for this project(in ha.): 0   (x). Total period for which the forest land is proposed to be diverted(in years): 100
A-2. Details of User Agency
  (i). Name : POWERGRID CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED BATOTE   (ii). Address1 : Powergrid Corporation of India Limited, Transmission Line Office, Behind Hotel Hill View   (iii). Address2 : Batote, District Ramban   (iv). State : Jammu and Kashmir   (v). District : Ramban   (vi). Pin : 182143   (vii). Landmark : Behind Hotel Hill View   (viii). Email address : dtsbatote@powergrid.co.in   (ix). Landline Telephone No. : 1998-2444274   (x). Fax No. : 1998-   (xi). Mobile No. : 9596826644   (xii). Website (if any) : powergridindia.com   (xiii). Legal status of User Agency : Central PSU
A-3. Details of Person Making Application
  (i). First Name: Mehraj   (ii). Middle Name: Uddin   (iii). Last Name: Kar   (iv). Gender: Male   (v). Designation: Chief Manager   (vi). Address 1: Powergrid Corporation of India Ltd. Transmission Line Office, Behind Hotel Hill View   (vii). Address 2: Batote, District Ramban-182143   (viii). State: Jammu and Kashmir   (ix). District: Ramban   (x). Tehsil: gool   (xi). Pin: 182143   (xii). Landmark: NIL   (xiii). Email Address: mehrajudin@powergridindia.com   (xiv). Landline Telephone No.: 1998-2444274   (xv). Fax No.: NIL   (xvi). Mobile No.: 9596826644   (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.Social Forestry Division Doda1.540
Total1.540
B-2.2 Details of Districts involved
District wise breakup
S.no District Name Forest Land(ha.) Non-Forest Land(ha.)
1.Kishtwar1.540
Total1.540
B-2.3 Village wise breakup
Villages wise breakup
S.no Village Forest Land(ha.) Non-Forest Land(ha.)
1Dalhoti1.540
Total 1.54 0
B-2.4 Component wise breakup
Component wise breakup
S.no Component Forest Land(ha.) Non-Forest Land(ha.)
1Drabshalla1.53640
Total 1.5364 0
C. Maps of forest land proposed to be diverted
Division 1. : Social Forestry Division Doda
  (i). Area of forest land proposed to be diverted(in ha.) : 1.54   (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).
1.1.54    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: The said Transmission Line is an existing power li
E. Employment likely to be generated
  (i). Whether the Project is likely to generate employment ?: Yes   (ii). Permanent/Regular Employment(Number of persons): 20   (iii). Temporary Employment(Number of person-days): 1500
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? : 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? : Yes   (a). Copy of documentry evidence in support of settlement of rights under the Forest Rights Act,2006 on the forest land proposed to be diverted:
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
1DPR
2In reply to EDS dated 01/09/2020, joint spot verification has been conducted with the concerned officers from the forest department and the intending department.On inspection of the site, it was found that Tower 43N with land measuring 1.54 ha instead of 1.1 ha earlier applied in the indent is coming in the Social Forestry Closure at village Dugga-Drabshalla.
3Compliance against EDS raised by DFO Social Forestry, Division Doda dated 27/11/2020
4Compliance/Reply letter against EDS raised by Nodal Officer dated 30-12-2020
5Copy of the Joint Inspection Report-Annex-01
6Certificate for minimum use of forest land-Annex-02
7Area calculation Sheet-Annex-03
8Copy of the approval of the Project by the Competent Authority-Annex-04
9Certificate Regarding Felling of Trees-Annex-05
10Muck Disposal Certificate-Annex-06
11Reply to EDS raised by Regional Officer
12Village wise break up is attached as Annex-01
13All the necessary undertakings are attached as Annex-02
14Total length of line, length of forest land, width of ROW, no of towers in forest land and non forest landbdetails attached as Annex-03