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/KL/ROAD/148616/2021   (ii). Name of Project for which Forest Land is required : Construction of Twin Tunnel (2+2 lane) with Four Lane Approaches (from existing roads) for providing direct connectivity between Aanakampoyil­ Kalladi-Meppadi in Kozhikode and Wayanad Districts of Ker   (iii). Short narrative of the proposal and Project/scheme for which the forest land is required : The project road starts at Anakkampoyil at Design Ch: 0+000 km (11°27'2.04"N, 76° 6'5.61"E) and ends at Meppadi at Design Ch 8+735 (11°31'20.67"N, 76° 8'1.38"E), having total length of 8.735, out of which 8.11 km of the project alignment is proposed as tunnel. Proposed ROW of the approach roads vari   (iv). State : Kerala   (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) : 204374   (viii). Area of forest land proposed for diversion(in ha.): 17.263   (ix). Non-forest land required for this project(in ha.): 7.482   (x). Total period for which the forest land is proposed to be diverted(in years): NIL
A-2. Details of User Agency
  (i). Name : EXECUTIVE ENGINEER KERALA PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ROADS DIVISION, KOZHIKODE   (ii). Address1 : Office of the Executive Engineer, PWD Roads Division, Kozhikode   (iii). Address2 : NIL   (iv). State : Kerala   (v). District : Kozhikode   (vi). Pin : 673020   (vii). Landmark : Civil Station   (viii). Email address : eerbkiifbkkd@gmail.com   (ix). Landline Telephone No. : 495-2374974   (x). Fax No. : 495-   (xi). Mobile No. : 8086395101   (xii). Website (if any) : NIL   (xiii). Legal status of User Agency : State Government
A-3. Details of Person Making Application
  (i). First Name: Hashim   (ii). Middle Name: NIL   (iii). Last Name: VK   (iv). Gender: Male   (v). Designation: Executive Engineer   (vi). Address 1: Office of the Executive Engineer, PWD roads Division, Kozhikode-20   (vii). Address 2: NIL   (viii). State: Kerala   (ix). District: Kozhikode   (x). Tehsil: Kozhikode   (xi). Pin: 673020   (xii). Landmark: Civil station, kozhikode   (xiii). Email Address: eerbkiifbkkd@gmail.com   (xiv). Landline Telephone No.: 495-2374974   (xv). Fax No.: NIL   (xvi). Mobile No.: 8086395101   (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.Kozhikode7.9565.159
2.Wayanad South9.3072.323
Total17.2637.482
B-2.2 Details of Districts involved
District wise breakup
S.no District Name Forest Land(ha.) Non-Forest Land(ha.)
1.Kozhikode7.9565.159
1.Wayanad9.3072.323
Total17.2637.482
B-2.3 Village wise breakup
Villages wise breakup
S.no Village Forest Land(ha.) Non-Forest Land(ha.)
1Thiruvambadi0.0522.742
2Kodencheri / Nellipoyil7.9032.417
3Muppainadu/ Vellarimala5.1040
4Meppadi/ kottappady4.2032.323
Total 17.262 7.482
B-2.4 Component wise breakup
Component wise breakup
S.no Component Forest Land(ha.) Non-Forest Land(ha.)
1Tunnel Road17.2637.482
Total 17.263 7.482
C. Maps of forest land proposed to be diverted
Division 1. : Wayanad South
  (i). Area of forest land proposed to be diverted(in ha.) : 9.307   (ii). Nature of the Project: Linear   (b). No. of Segments : Six
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).
1.5.104    View File
2.0.209    View File
3.0.479    View File
4.0.501    View File
5.1.752    View File
6.1.262    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:
Division 2. : Kozhikode
  (i). Area of forest land proposed to be diverted(in ha.) : 7.956   (ii). Nature of the Project: Linear   (b). No. of Segments : Three
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).
1.0.214    View File
2.0.7795    View File
3.6.9625    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): 203   (iii). Temporary Employment(Number of person-days): 1825
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 ? : Yes   (a). Status of the Environmental Clearance to the Project: EC under process   (ii). Environmental Clearance File No.: 1992/EC2/2022/SEIAA
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?: Yes   (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 ?: No   (iii). No. of districts involved for raising Compensatory Afforestation: 1   (iv). No. of patches: Four
District 1. : Wayanad
  (a). Village: Chullikkad   (b). Area(in ha.): 4.43   (c). Copy of KML file of the patch:     View File   (d). Khasra details: 618/3, 617/3, 618/4, 617/5, 617/4   (e). Present owner: Others   (f). Copy of ownership proof:   (g). Copy of Mou/agreement executed between the Present owner and the User Agency:   (h). Copy of non encumberence certificate for the forest land:
District 2. : Wayanad
  (a). Village: Kollivayal   (b). Area(in ha.): 1.8   (c). Copy of KML file of the patch:     View File   (d). Khasra details: 333/10 334/4, 333/5 333/2-2, 334/10 333/3-2   (e). Present owner: Others   (f). Copy of ownership proof:   (g). Copy of Mou/agreement executed between the Present owner and the User Agency:   (h). Copy of non encumberence certificate for the forest land:
District 3. : Wayanad
  (a). Village: Manalvayal   (b). Area(in ha.): 1.27   (c). Copy of KML file of the patch:     View File   (d). Khasra details: 620/13, 620/8 620/10 620/18, 620/17 620/1 619/4 620/7-2 619/8 620/20 620/7-1 620 620/5   (e). Present owner: Others   (f). Copy of ownership proof:   (g). Copy of Mou/agreement executed between the Present owner and the User Agency:   (h). Copy of non encumberence certificate for the forest land:
District 4. : Wayanad
  (a). Village: Madaparambu   (b). Area(in ha.): 10.03   (c). Copy of KML file of the patch:     View File   (d). Khasra details: 632/1, 631/13 630/9, 629/9 630/10, 629/10 625/3 623/3, 622/2, 623/4 626, 624/1 632/3, 631/12 631/15, 630/13 630/2, 629/5 630/7, 629/13 632/2, 631/9, 631/3, 630/8 639/1 631/11, 637/6, 639/1, 639/4 628,   (e). Present owner: Others   (f). Copy of ownership proof:   (g). Copy of Mou/agreement executed between the Present owner and the User Agency:   (h). Copy of non encumberence certificate for the forest land:
  (v). Scanned copy of the map of the land identified for creation of Compensatory Afforestation prepared by using GPS ot Total Station:   (vi). Copy of Survey of India Toposheet in 1:50,000 scale indicating location of the land identified for creation of Compensatory Afforestation:
Additional information Details
Documents
S.No Documents
Remarks
1Covering Letter on submission of EDS raised by DFO, Kozhikode
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3Draft EIA Report is attached herewith. Blast Study Report is included in the Section - 6.3 Monitoring Plan for Tunneling and Section 7.5 - Blast Design Management) Plan of EIA Report
4Reply to the Query No III raised by RO, MoEF&CC