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/OR/RAIL/32565/2018   (ii). Name of Project for which Forest Land is required : Khurda Road Bolangir New B.G.Raillink Project Phase IV i.e. from Km 180-238   (iii). Short narrative of the proposal and Project/scheme for which the forest land is required : The Indian Railways have taken up a project of construction of a new B. G. line having an approximate length of 289 km. connecting Khurda Road station on Howrah-Chennai main line to Bolangir situated on Titlagarh-Sambalpur-Jharsuguda branch line. The line falls entirely in Orissa state and will tra   (iv). State : Orissa   (v). Category of the Proposal : Railway   (vi). Shape of forest land proposed to be diverted : Linear   (vii). Estimated cost of the Project(Rupees in lacs) : 245291.9574   (viii). Area of forest land proposed for diversion(in ha.): 13.22   (ix). Non-forest land required for this project(in ha.): 707.654   (x). Total period for which the forest land is proposed to be diverted(in years): 99
A-2. Details of User Agency
  (i). Name : EAST COAST RAILWAY   (ii). Address1 : West Annx Building, Rail Vihar, Chandrasekharpur, BBSR   (iii). Address2 : NIL   (iv). State : Orissa   (v). District : Khordha   (vi). Pin : 751023   (vii). Landmark : NIL   (viii). Email address : dycecon2@ecor.railnet.gov.in   (ix). Landline Telephone No. : 674-2302680   (x). Fax No. : 674-   (xi). Mobile No. : 8455885256   (xii). Website (if any) : NIL   (xiii). Legal status of User Agency : Central Government
A-3. Details of Person Making Application
  (i). First Name: Sitansu   (ii). Middle Name: Kumar   (iii). Last Name: Acharya   (iv). Gender: Male   (v). Designation: Dy. Chief Engineer/Con/II/BBS   (vi). Address 1: West Annx Building, Rail Vihar, Chandrasekharpur, BBSR   (vii). Address 2: NIL   (viii). State: Orissa   (ix). District: Khordha   (x). Tehsil: Khandagiri   (xi). Pin: 751023   (xii). Landmark: NIL   (xiii). Email Address: dycecon2@ecor.railnet.gov.in   (xiv). Landline Telephone No.: 674-2302680   (xv). Fax No.: 2303942   (xvi). Mobile No.: 8455885256   (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.Boudh13.22707.654
Total13.22707.654
B-2.2 Details of Districts involved
District wise breakup
S.no District Name Forest Land(ha.) Non-Forest Land(ha.)
1.Boudh13.22707.654
Total13.22707.654
B-2.3 Village wise breakup
Villages wise breakup
S.no Village Forest Land(ha.) Non-Forest Land(ha.)
1SALAKATA00.595
2RUGUDIPALLI017.665
3PURANAKATAK019.227
4RAJING07.835
5UDEPUR01.882
6BADABANDHA016.01
7JUBARAJPUR05.117
8LUNIBAHAL0.0619.36
9TARUSINGH00.911
10JHARAKATA07.11
11BHUBANESWAR3.9214.4
12HAREKRUSHNAPUR07.96
13RAMBHIKATA1.0488.248
14BHARATPUR03.549
15NUAPARA0.32813.986
16BIRAMCHANDRAPUR037.519
17BIRANARASINGPUR022.796
18KHAJURIAPADA05.492
19PANKUAL04.363
20MATHURA00.465
21CHAMPAPUR05.099
22BRUNDABAN07.398
23KELAKATA00.024
24RADHANAGAR08.025
25GANDHIGRAM03.132
26PIPALKATA07.568
27BETHIABERENI02.655
28BAMANDA04.856
29JATESINGA00.813
30SOMANATHPUR06.103
31SARASARA058.584
32GUDUPADA038.903
33BANDHAPATHAR0.09710.886
34NAKUANALI07.353
35JOGIBHOGARA0.0578.58
36KHUNTIAPARA011.858
37ISIRISINGA03.715
38KHAMIRIPADA0.16212.262
39MUNDAPADA013.715
40BARAPUDUGA01.489
41SORISANALI0.0774.46
42JADAPAL0.0494.99
43NUAPADA04.508
44PINGALABEDA0.1820.093
45AMBAKAN02.481
46BALAKIRA0.6881.74
47GOPINATHPUR0.22338.09
48TANTULIPADA012.857
49JURAMUNDA011.777
50BARHAPATHAR04.245
51BANAPALI04.743
52JHARAMUNDA0.5993.804
53AINLAJHULI06.183
54THAPAPALI04.65
55CHHELIBAHAL0.8015.095
56PANCHUPALI03.169
57TALUPALI04.84
58JAMAGHATI03.881
59KANDHURIAPARA021.008
60SAHUPADA05.544
61JAMATANGI017.875
62KHALIAPALI & PURAMUNDA06.398
63KADOPADAR09.312
64MAHEWARPINDA03.403
65RAKSA08.98
66KIRASIRAJUNGLE3.2250.619
67LANDIBANDHA0.8093.496
68BAHAJOR0.026.532
69KARMAPADA06.961
70BRUNDABANBIHARIPUR03.748
71SANADUNGURIPALI0.5894.349
72KIRKICHIPALI0.2833.039
73PURUNAPANI037.904
74SELETPARA07.139
75BICHANAPATI08.875
76UCHHABAHAL00.704
77NURPA05.71
78MAHULBAHALI04.399
79KAPASIRA03.161
80DEULI09.381
Total 13.219 707.651
B-2.4 Component wise breakup
Component wise breakup
S.no Component Forest Land(ha.) Non-Forest Land(ha.)
1RAILWAY TRACK13.22495.45
2STATION YARD0185.204
3ROAD027
Total 13.22 707.654
C. Maps of forest land proposed to be diverted
Division 1. : Boudh
  (i). Area of forest land proposed to be diverted(in ha.) : 13.22   (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).
1.13.22    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): 5300   (iii). Temporary Employment(Number of person-days): 3706100
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? : 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
1Comply EDS
2Comply EDS
3Comply EDS
4EDS has been complyed vide this office letter No DCE/C/Boudh/KUR-BLGR/FD/180-238/1064 dtd.28.09.2020
5EDS has been complyed vide this office letter No. DCE/C/Boudh/KUR-BLGR/FD/180-238/1139 dtd.07.11.2020