Lok Sabha Question No. 1335 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-09
Subject: Projects Awaiting Environmental Clearance
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: R.K. BHARATHI MOHAN, V. SATHYABAMA, PR. SENTHILNATHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1335

TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.02.2018

## Projects Awaiting Environmental Clearance

## 1335.  SHRI BHARATHI MOHAN R.K.: SHRIMATI V. SATHYA BAMA: SHRI PR. SENTHIL NATHAN:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  more than 1000 new projects are awaiting environmental clearances in the country as on date and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government follows any fast track mechanism for according environmental clearance to various projects to facilitate the rapid industrial development in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  made  efforts  to  expedite  the  clearance  of  pending proposals  from  various  State  Governments  and  PSUs  by  providing  power  to  grant approval to the State Authorities and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the detailed list of companies granted environmental clearance in the last three years and till date for executing projects worth more than 5000 crores, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a) to (c) No Madam. The Ministry has taken several steps to expedite the process of environmental and forest clearances which inter alia include online system of processing of environmental  clearances,  introduction  of  Short  Message  Service  (SMS)  functionality  for Project proponent, auto alert system; separate module to track the progress of recommended projects,  delegation  of  powers  to  Regional  Empowered  Committee  (REC)  to  dispose  of proposals seeking forest clearance to linear projects, etc.
- (d) The detailed list of companies granted environmental clearance in the last three years and  till  date  for  executing  projects  worth  more  than  5000  crores,  State-wise  is  given  at Annexure.

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## Annexure  referred to in reply to part (d) of Loksabha Un Starred Question no 1335 for reply on 09.02.2018

## The list of  environmental clearance granted in the last three years and till date for executing projects worth more than 5000 crores, State-wise

|   S.No | Brief details of the project                                              | Project Sector          | State             |
|--------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
|      1 | Dr. Narla Tata Rao Thermal Power Station (Dr. NTTPS) Stage - V (1x800 MW) | Thermal Projects        | Andhra Pradesh    |
|      2 | New Ammonia and Urea Fertilizer Project at Ramagundam.                    | Industrial Projects - 2 | Andhra Pradesh    |
|      3 | Expansion of Visakh Refinery from 8.33 MMTPA to 15.0                      | Industrial Projects -   | Andhra Pradesh    |
|      4 | Additional Exploratory Drilling of 15 wells in NELP - 1 Offshore          | Industrial Projects -   | Andhra Pradesh    |
|      5 | VBC                                                                       | Industrial Projects -   | Andhra Pradesh    |
|      6 | M/s Shri Girija Alloy &Power (I) Private Limited                          | Industry-1              | Andhra Pradesh    |
|      7 | Dibang Multipurpose Project (3000MW)                                      | River Valley and        | Arunachal Pradesh |
|      8 | Proposed 1320 MW(2*660) Thermal Power Project near                        | Thermal Projects        | Bihar             |
|      9 | New Ammonia - Urea Fertilizer project                                     | Industrial Projects -   | Bihar             |
|     10 | Kusmunda Opencast Expansion Project                                       | Coal Mining             | Chhattisgarh      |
|     11 | Capacity expansion of production of Integrated Steel Plant                | Industry-1              | Chhattisgarh      |
|     12 | Redevelopment of General Pool Residential Accommodation                   | New Construction        | Delhi             |
|     13 | 'Development of Vadodara - Mumbai Expressway' (Phase - I) in              | Infrastructure and      | Gujarat           |
|     14 | Greenfield Common Hazardous Waste Landfill                                | Infrastructure and      | Gujarat           |
|     15 | 'Development of Petroleum, Chemical and Petro - chemical                  | Infrastructure and      | Gujarat           |
|     16 | 4000 MWTPPand 60 MLD Desalination Plant at Mota Layja                     | Thermal Projects        | Gujarat           |
|     17 | 2000 MWGasBased Combined Cycle Power Plant (CCPP)                         | Thermal Projects        | Gujarat           |
|     18 | Expansion & Debottlenecking of Petrochemical Plant of Dahej               | Industrial Projects -   | Gujarat           |
|     19 | Replacement of Electric Arc Furnace (EAFs) of Steel                       | Industry-1              | Gujarat           |
|     20 | Installation of 3.0 MTPA Integrated Steel Plant by M/s                    | Industry-1              | Gujarat           |
|     21 | Rehabilitation and upgradation of Hisar - Dabwali Section of NG -         | Infrastructure and      | Haryana           |
|     22 | 660MWHEP                                                                  | River Valley and        | Jammu and Kashmir |
|     23 | KIRU HEP                                                                  | River Valley and        | Jammu and Kashmir |
|     24 | Kwar HEP                                                                  | River Valley and        | Jammu and Kashmir |
|     25 | Patratu Super Thermal Power Project, Phase - I (3 x 800 MW)               | Thermal Projects        | Jharkhand         |
|     26 | 1600 (2x800) MWGodda Thermal Power Plant of Adani Power                   | Thermal Projects        | Jharkhand         |
|     27 | second stage of expansion of Behgaluru International Airport              | Infrastructure and      | Karnataka         |

|   28 | Hinduja El Jardin                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Infrastructure and                               | Karnataka      |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|----------------|
|   29 | Proposed integrated infrastructure facilities for HAL new                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Infrastructure and                               | Karnataka      |
|   30 | Proposed expansion of Upper Bhadra Lift Irrigation Scheme                                                                                                                                                                                                 | River Valley and                                 | Karnataka      |
|   31 | UPCL expansion by 2x800MW                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Thermal Projects                                 | Karnataka      |
|   32 | Expansion of Integrated Steel Plant along with Captive Power Plant of M/s JSW Steel Limited at Bellary in Karnataka.                                                                                                                                      | Industry-1                                       | Karnataka      |
|   33 | Expansion of Integrated Steel Plant of M/s Kalyani Steels Ltd.,                                                                                                                                                                                           | Industry-1                                       | Karnataka      |
|   34 | Ken Betwa Link Project Phase - I                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | River Valley and Hydroelectric Projects          | Madhya Pradesh |
|   35 | 2X660MWTPP                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Thermal Projects                                 | Madhya Pradesh |
|   36 | Rehabiliation and up gradation from existing 2 lane to 4 lane of yedshi to aurangabad section of NH - 211 from km 85.000 to km 290.200                                                                                                                    | Infrastructure and Miscellaneous Projects & CRZ  | Maharashtra    |
|   37 | Railway Double line from JNPT                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Infrastructure and Miscellaneous Projects & CRZ  | Maharashtra    |
|   38 | CRZ clearance for Mumbai Trans Harbor Sea Link by Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority                                                                                                                                                        | Infrastructure and Miscellaneous Projects + CRZ  | Maharashtra    |
|   39 | 'Bidkin Industrial Area' in District Aurangabad (Maharashtra) by M/s Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation Ltd.                                                                                                                        | Infrastructure and Miscellaneous Projects + CRZ  | Maharashtra    |
|   40 | Redevelopment project BURHANI UPLIFTMENT PROJECT                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Infrastructure and Miscellaneous Projects + CRZ  | Maharashtra    |
|   41 | Proposed development on 10/1, 10/2B,10/4B, 19/25 (pt.), 19/27 (pt.), 19/33, 19/34 (pt.), 19/ 39(pt), 19/40, 19/41 (pt), 19/44, 79/1A,79/1B,79/2A,79/2B, 79/3 TO 79/9 , 80/1, 80/2, 82(pt.), 83/1,83/2A,8                                                  | New Construction Projects and Industrial Estates | Maharashtra    |
|   42 | Proposed 'Special Township Project' by M/s Autoline Industrial Parks Ltd. at Gat No. 435, 436, 437,438,440, 441, 442, 446, 447, 449, 559, 560, 561/1, 561/2, 562, 571, 572, 573, 574, 575, 580/1, 580/1, 581/3, 581/4, 582, 596/2, 597/1, 597/2, 597/3, 5 | New Construction Projects and Industrial Estates | Maharashtra    |
|   43 | Shirapur Lift Irrigation scheme                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | River Valley and Hydroelectric Projects          | Maharashtra    |
|   44 | Expansion of Integrated Steel Plant from 5 MTPA to 10 MTPA and Power Plant from 300 MWto 600 MWof M/s JSW Steel Limited                                                                                                                                   | Industry-1                                       | Maharashtra    |

| 45            | Expansion of integrated steel plant from 1.5 MTPA to 3.0 MTPA along with CPP from 2X50 MWto 3X50 MWat Village Satarda, Taluka Sawantwadi, District Sindudurg in Maharashtra of M/s Sree Uttam Steel and Power Ltd   | Industry-1                                      | Maharashtra   |
|---------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|---------------|
| 46            | Expansion of Integrated Steel Plant M/S Sun Flag Iron And Steel Company Ltd                                                                                                                                         | Industry-1                                      | Maharashtra   |
| 47            | Expansion of Alumina Refinery and Captive Power Plant of M/s. Sesa Sterlite Limited                                                                                                                                 | Industry-1                                      | Odisha        |
| 48            | Proposal for Integrated Steel plant Of M/s Mideast Integrated Steels Limited.                                                                                                                                       | Industry-1                                      | Orissa        |
| 49            | Expansion of Steel Plant [Crude Steel (3 MTPA to 5.5 MTPA)] along with CPP from 560 MWto 710 MWof M/s Bhusan Power and Steel Ltd                                                                                    | Industry-1                                      | Orissa        |
| 50            | Expansion of Integrated Steel Plant (0.60 MTPA to 0.70 MTPA) at Kamanda, Sundergarh, Odisha M/s Rungta Mines                                                                                                        | Industry-1                                      | Orissa        |
| 51            | Development of Jodhpur -Pali -Marwar Industrial Area' in Rajasthan by M/s Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation Ltd.                                                                             | Infrastructure and Miscellaneous Projects + CRZ | Rajasthan     |
| 52            | 2X800MW Stage - III Uppur Supercritical Thermal Power Plant in Uppur, Valamavoor & Thiruppalaikudi villages of Thiruvadanai Taluk                                                                                   | Thermal Projects                                | Tamil Nadu    |
| 53 ku thermal | 53 ku thermal                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Thermal Projects                                | Tamil Nadu    |
| 54            | Integrated Steel Plantand Captive Power Plant of M/s Xindia Steels Limited                                                                                                                                          | Industry-1                                      | Tamil Nadu    |
| 55            | Kaleshwaram Project                                                                                                                                                                                                 | River Valley and Hydroelectric Projects         | Telangana     |
| 56            | 2X660 MWSTPP                                                                                                                                                                                                        | Thermal Projects                                | Telangana     |
| 57            | Expansion by Addition of 800MW Supercritical Coal Basesd Kothagudem Thermal Power Station (VII)                                                                                                                     | Thermal Projects                                | Telangana     |
| 58            | Manuguru thermal power project (4x270 mw) at Manuguru Mandal, Khammam district, Telangana state                                                                                                                     | Thermal Projects                                | Telangana     |
| 59            | 5 X 800 MWYADADRI THERMAL POWER STATION                                                                                                                                                                             | Thermal Projects                                | Telangana     |
| 60            | Construction of New Domestic Terminal Building, Apron and Link Taxiway at Agartala Airport in Tripura State                                                                                                         | Infrastructure and Miscellaneous Projects + CRZ | Tripura       |
| 61            | Development of Delhi - Meerut Expressway - New Alignment of Delhi Meerut Expressway from Dasna to Meerut (27.500 km to 64.552=37.052 km) & connector (0.00 km to 9.004 km=9.004 km) on Annuity Hybrid Model         | Infrastructure and Miscellaneous Projects + CRZ | Uttar Pradesh |

|   62 | Sports City (Group Housing & Villas)                                                                                                                  | Infrastructure and Miscellaneous Projects + CRZ   | Uttar Pradesh   |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
|   63 | 2X660 mwCoal based Super Thermal Power at Khurja village                                                                                              | Thermal Projects                                  | Uttar Pradesh   |
|   64 | 3X660 MWTHERMAL POWER PLANT                                                                                                                           | Thermal Projects                                  | Uttar Pradesh   |
|   65 | Expansion by addition of 2x660MW coal based Obra TPP of M/s UPRVUNL at Obra Thermal Power Station                                                     | Thermal Projects                                  | Uttar Pradesh   |
|   66 | Jawaharpur Thermal Power Project                                                                                                                      | Thermal Projects                                  | Uttar Pradesh   |
|   67 | Mixed Use Development                                                                                                                                 | Infrastructure and Miscellaneous Projects + CRZ   | Uttarakhand     |
|   68 | Cluster 12 comprising of 17 mines of a combined prod. capacity of 13.321 MTPA with a peak production of 22.289 MTPA in a combined ML area of 11164 ha | Coal Mining                                       | West Bengal     |