NTPC

Presentation on

Kol Dam Hydro-Electric Project

Diversion of 124.054 ha of Forest land of Majathal Wildlife Sanctuary

Dtd. 24.06.2013

KOLDAM (4x200 MW) – A Quick Snap Shot

• Environmental Clearance to HPSEB accorded : Aug 1989 ( With Wildlife involvement indicated as “NIL”)

• Forest clearance to HPSEB Accorded : Jun 1990

• Forest clearance transfer by MOEF to NTPC : Nov 2000 (954.69 Ha of Forest land transferred - No indication about Wild Life Sanctuary Land)

• Investment approval for Koldam : Oct 2002

• Commencement of work at site : Mar 2003

– Dam construction almost completed– So far an expenditure of Rs 5400 Cr has been incurred– Commissioning of units in 2014 - Impounding to start Sept/Oct 2013– About 1.4 Cr trees planted

NTPC started project construction with all statutory clearances Project

Issue of Involvement of Majathal Wildlife Sanctuary Land in the Submergence Area

• Re- demarcation of forest land done : Sep’06- Which

depicted involvement of: Mar’07 999.54 Ha of forest land against 954.69 Ha already diverted (An increase of 44.85 Ha) 124.054 Ha of Forest land falling in Majathal Wildlife Sanctuary (Including 79.19 Ha of forest land already diverted)

• NTPC submitted proposal for clearance to forest deptt. : Aug’08• On advice of forest deptt NTPC submitted proposal to CEC : Dec‘08• CEC advised to obtain recommendation of Wildlife Boards : Feb’09• State WL Board recommendations : May’10

Proposal rejected by Standing Committee of NBWL (Oct’10 & Mar’13)Concerns of Standing Committee of NBWL :(a) Habitation of Cheer Pheasant & (b) Large number of trees

Majathal WLSanctuary – 3938.6 Ha

Distance Of Sanctuary From Dam - 17kms

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Tail End of Submergence Area

- 40 Kms From Dam

124. 054 Ha (about 3%) of Majathal WL Sanctuary Area

Falling in Submergence of Koldam

SATLUJ RIVER

KOLDAMHPP

Habitation of Cheer Pheasant

•Cheer Pheasant occurs in the higher reaches and over a wide altitudinal range from 1200m to 3000m. •Source : (1) Paper on Patch Occupancy For Cheer Pheasant In The Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area

By : Mr. Virat Jolli (Deptt. Of Env. Studies CISMHE, DU), Ajay Srivastav (Great Himalayan National Park, Shamsi) & Suveena Thakur (Kullu Wildlife Division) in Aug 2011

(2)International Union for Conservation of Nature & Natural Resources (IUCN) Red list of Threatened Species web site www.iucnredlist.org

•Submergence level of Kol Dam Project is up to EL 642 m only. Thus it is not likely to affect habitation of Cheer Pheasant.

Submergence of Trees

Reduction in Dam height

No of trees

saved

Wildlife sanctuary area reduced

Remarks

By 1 M 450 1.92 ha. With reduction in Dam Height, there is Nominal / Negligible reduction in trees & wildlife land on

account of submergence

By 2 M 899 3.81 ha.

By 3 M 1225 5.67 ha.

By 4 M 1659 7.51 ha.

• Since saving of trees & wild life land in submergence area on account of reduction in Dam Height is negligible, State Forest Deptt on 7th March’2012 has recommended levy of Rs 10.54 cr for Wildlife mitigation measures in addition to other statutory levies.

Findings of Joint survey conducted to explore possibility of reducing trees & Wild Life Sanctuary land in submergence area, based on decisions taken in 2nd Nov’10 meeting held in MOEF:

Submissions & Approval Sought•Construction of Koldam started in 2003 after taking all statutory clearances.

•Issue of Majathal Wildlife land came up subsequently.

•No construction done by NTPC in the Majathal Wild Life area.

•Habitat of Cheer Pheasant is not affected by Koldam Submergence.

•NTPC has planted about 1.4 crore of trees through State Forest Deptt. and is ready to plant more trees as per direction of State forest department and NWBL .

•NTPC has invested Rs. 5400 Crores and almost all the activities of the project have been completed.

•Impounding of the reservoir is scheduled to start in Sep/ Oct 2013. Project is due to be commissioned during 2014.

RIGHT ABUTMENT OF DAM

TOP OF THE DAM

SPILLWAY

GENERATOR TRANSFORMER

Nachan Forests DivisonNachan Forests Divison Nachan Forests DivisonNachan Forests Divison

Bilaspur Forests DivisonBilaspur Forests Divison Bilaspur Forests DivisonBilaspur Forests Divison

Catchment Area Treatment Plan

RIM Plantations

RIM Plantations

Plantation under Compensatory Afforestation Scheme

Shimla Forest DivisonSuket Forest Divison

Karsog Forest Divison

Details of Trees coming in Submergence Area of Majathal Wildlife Sanctuary : (124.05 Hec)

Sl. No. Name of Species

Classification of Trees and Diameter in Cms.

V IV III II A II B I A I B I C I D Saplings Total

10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90 90-100 Less than 10 cms dia

1 SHISHAM 281 99 35 12 3 1 431

2 TUN 195 74 31 13 5 5 1 2 326

3 KHAIR 81 47 26 3 4 161

4 JAMUN, SIRIS, SIMBAL, BEHRA 592 238 188 25 19 13 1 4 3 1083

5 Other BROAD LEAF Species 30229 11075 5271 531 255 173 27 25 75 47661

6 SAPPLINGS 1600 1600

Total 31378 11533 5551 584 282 196 29 31 78 1600 51262

Sl. No. V IV III II A II B I A I B I C I D IE Total Saplings G.Tot

1 Majathal 43 11 7 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 68 97 165

2 Mandrech 167 15 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 188 431 619

3 Chilla 325 61 28 5 1 1 0 2 0 0 423 718 1141

4 Kiyari 18 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 30 58

5 DPF Harsang Bagal 122 50 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 192 101 293

Total No of trees coming upto 2m below FRL642m 675 142 61 13 4 1 1 2 0 0 899 1377 2276

NUMBER OF TREES SAVED BY REDUCTION OF 2M BELOW FRL 642M

Sl. No. V IV III II A II B I A I B I C I D IE Total Saplings G.Tot

1 Majathal 34 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 55 101

2 Mandrech 39 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 145 190

3 Chilla 109 19 8 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 141 337 478

4 Kiyari 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5

5 DPF Harsang Bagal 57 19 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 44 133

Total No of trees coming between 2m & 3m below FRL642m

244 52 20 7 0 2 0 0 1 0 326 581 907

Total No of trees coming upto 3m below FRL642m

919 194 81 20 4 3 1 2 1 0 1225 1958 3183

NUMBER OF TREES SAVED BY REDUCTION OF 3M BELOW FRL 642M

Sl. No. V IV III II A II B I A I B I C I D IE Total Saplings G.Tot

1 Majathal 115 49 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 194 220 414

2 Mandrech 43 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 93 147

3 Chilla 68 14 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 185 272

4 Kiyari 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 13 23

5 DPF Harsang Bagal 63 21 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 32 121

Total No of trees coming between 3m & 4m below FRL642m

296 91 43 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 434 543 977

Total No of trees coming upto 4m below FRL642m

1215

285 124 24 4 3 1 2 1 0 1659 2501 4160

NUMBER OF TREES SAVED BY REDUCTION OF 4M BELOW FRL 642M