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/UP/THE/36097/2018   (ii). Name of Project for which Forest Land is required : Regularization of 555.759 ha of diverted forest land for the construction of Rihand Super Thermal Power Project under Renukoot Forest Division in Sonebhadra district of Uttar Pradesh   (iii). Short narrative of the proposal and Project/scheme for which the forest land is required : Rihand Super Thermal Power Project is a coal based power plants of NTPC Limited. The power plant is located at Rihand Nagar Bijpur under Renukoot Forest division in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh. Rihand Super Thermal Power Station has an installed capacity of 3000 MW. The First unit was commis   (iv). State : Uttar Pradesh   (v). Category of the Proposal : Thermal   (vi). Shape of forest land proposed to be diverted : Non Linear   (vii). Estimated cost of the Project(Rupees in lacs) : 103300   (viii). Area of forest land proposed for diversion(in ha.): 555.759   (ix). Non-forest land required for this project(in ha.): 1104.368   (x). Total period for which the forest land is proposed to be diverted(in years): 99
A-2. Details of User Agency
  (i). Name : NTPC RIHAND   (ii). Address1 : RIHAND SUPER THERMAL POWER STATION   (iii). Address2 : PO: RIHANDNAGAR, BIJPUR   (iv). State : Uttar Pradesh   (v). District : Sonbhadra   (vi). Pin : 231223   (vii). Landmark : NIL   (viii). Email address : hopofficerihand@ntpc.co.in   (ix). Landline Telephone No. : 5446-242001   (x). Fax No. : 5446-243138   (xi). Mobile No. : 8004941401   (xii). Website (if any) : NIL   (xiii). Legal status of User Agency : Central PSU
A-3. Details of Person Making Application
  (i). First Name: Kuppa   (ii). Middle Name: Srinivasa   (iii). Last Name: Murthy   (iv). Gender: Male   (v). Designation: AGM   (vi). Address 1: Rihand super Thermal power station,   (vii). Address 2: PO Rihandnagar, Bijpur,   (viii). State: Uttar Pradesh   (ix). District: Sonbhadra   (x). Tehsil: NIL   (xi). Pin: 231223   (xii). Landmark: NIL   (xiii). Email Address: hopofficerihand@ntpc.co.in   (xiv). Landline Telephone No.: 5446-242408   (xv). Fax No.: 5446242408   (xvi). Mobile No.: 7458012513   (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
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
1Inprinciple8-412/89-FC8-412/89-FC74474423 Aug 1991
Total 744 744
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.Forest Division Renukoot555.7591104.368
Total555.7591104.368
B-2.2 Details of Districts involved
District wise breakup
S.no District Name Forest Land(ha.) Non-Forest Land(ha.)
1.Sonbhadra555.7591104.368
Total555.7591104.368
B-2.3 Village wise breakup
Villages wise breakup
S.no Village Forest Land(ha.) Non-Forest Land(ha.)
1BIJPUR257.145549.073
2ADHAURA13.72272.573
3MITIHINI28.272171.947
4KHAIRI30.16919.966
5SIRSOTI13.19729.193
6JHILO102.295185.362
7KHAMAHRIA47.1476.56
8DODHAR63.81269.694
Total 555.759 1104.368
B-2.4 Component wise breakup
Component wise breakup
S.no Component Forest Land(ha.) Non-Forest Land(ha.)
1PLANT AREA195.456227.684
2DYKE AREA167.641307.149
3TOWNSHIP AREA30.023308.539
4OPEN / PLANTATION AREA149.4420
5MGR TRACK AREA13.197260.996
Total 555.759 1104.368
C. Maps of forest land proposed to be diverted
Division 1. : Forest Division Renukoot
  (i). Area of forest land proposed to be diverted(in ha.) : 555.759   (ii). Nature of the Project: Non Linear   (a). No. of patches : Nine
Patch wise details
Patch No. Area of Patch(in ha.) Kml File of PatchesTo view KML file on google the same may be downloaded and then open if in google earth install in your computer.
1.13.722    View File
2.257.145    View File
3.63.812    View File
4.102.295    View File
5.13.57    View File
6.16.6    View File
7.47.147    View File
8.28.272    View File
9.13.197    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:
E. Employment likely to be generated
  (i). Whether the Project is likely to generate employment ?: Yes   (ii). Permanent/Regular Employment(Number of persons): 2500   (iii). Temporary Employment(Number of person-days): 5000
F. Displacement of People due to the Project, if any
  (i). Whether Project involves displacement?: Yes   (a). Total Number of families : 681   (b). Number of Scheduled Caste families : 500   (c). Number of Schedule Tribes families : 100   (d). Number of other families : 81   (ii). Copy of Rehabilitation and Resettlement Plan:   (a). Copy of approval to Ministry of Tribal Affairs,Government of India to Rehabilitation and Resettlement:
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 ? : Yes   (a). Status of the Environmental Clearance to the Project: EC obtained   (b). Environmental Clearance File No.: J- 13011/57/ 2008-IA II(T)   (c). Copy of Environmental Clearance to the Project:   (d). Date of grant of Environmental Clearance to the Project: 2009-02-05
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
1PROJECT APPROVAL OF GOVT. LETTER
2ENVIRONMENT CLEARENCE
3UNDERTAKING OF UP GOVT. LETTER NO-7314
4UNDERTAKING OF UP GOVT. CONDITION
5UNDERTAKING OF DEPOSIT AFFORESTATION COST
6UNDERTAKING OF PROPOSED LAND NON-FOREST LAND
7FLORA AND FAUNA REPORT
8PROJECT WORKING PERMISSION LETTER ON FOREST LAND
9EDS Compliance
10Letter to DFO for Joint Inspection of Balance Forest Area
11FRA Certificate
12Undertaking for Muck disposal
13Balance land transfer Report
14NEERI Report
15Tree Summary
16Undertaking for No Wildlife within 10 Km
17Land Oustees list
18Stage-I demand letter
19NTPC used and non used forest land details
20Land Schedule
21Undertaking for Compliance to Forest Rules 1980
22Undertaking for Forest Land Lease
23Undertaking for Revised NPV deposit
24EDS Compliance 12.03.2020
25Gazette Notification duly sign by DFO
26Stage-I Compliance
27EDS Compliance 26.03.2021
28EDS Compliance 26.03.2021 Point No. 7 tfr of land to forest
29EDS Compliance 26.03.2021 Point No. 3 DGPS map with coordinates
30EDS Compliance 26.03.2021 Point No. 6 Muck disposal plan
31EDS Reply dated 18 Feb 2022
32EDS Reply 270422
33Action Taken report against EDS dated 27042022
34Lease Avahi Praman Patra
35Premium and Premium 10 percent lease rent
36Sanyukt Nirikshan Praman Patra
371. Adhaura Vill. Revenue Map
382. Bijpur Vill. Part-1 Revenue Map
392. Bijpur Vill. Part-2 Revenue Map
403. Dodhar Vill. Revenue Map
414. Jheelo Vill. Revenue Map
425. Khairi Vill. Revenue Map
436. Khamahria Vill. Revenue Map
447. Mitihini Vill. Revenue Map
458. Sirsoti Vill. Revenue Map
46EDS Compliance of dt. 30.12.2022
47Revised NPV Undertaking
48Query reply Letter 23-06-2023
49EDS Letter Date 02-11-2024
50EDS reply