Lok Sabha Question No. 997 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-22
Subject: Green Belt
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Gomati Sai

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 997

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.11. 2019.

## Green Belt

## 997.SHRIMATI GOMATI SAI:

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

- (a) the name of such industries out of total industries in Raigarh and Janjgir which developed green belt;

- (b) whether the green belt has been developed as per the guidelines, if so, the details thereof; and

- (c) the  details  of  the  action  taken  by  the  Government  against  those  industries  for  not developing the green belt?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

- (a) to  (c)-Development  of  green  belt  is  generally  one  of  the  stipulated  conditions  of Environment Clearances accorded to various projects under the EIA Notification, 2006. As per the information available the details of the industries which have developed green belt  in  Raigarh  and  Janjgir  is  given  in  the Annexure. Non- development of green belt against the stipulated EC condition is considered as non-compliance for which issuance of Show Cause notices is considered by the Ministry on case to case basis.

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Annexure

Details of Greenbelt by developed by various industries in Raigarh and Janjgir Champa Districts of Chhattisgarh

| S.No.   | Name of Industry   | Greenbelt area as stipulated in EC   | Greenbelt area as developed by Industry   |
|---------|--------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|         | Raigarh            |                                      |                                           |

| 1.   | Chhal Opencast Expansion, SECL,                                                                                       | 324.66 ha              | 32 ha                            |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 2.   | Gare IV/1 Coal Mine (6 MTPA) and expansion of Coal Washery (2.4 MTPA to 3.2 MTPA), M/s Jindal Steel & Power Ltd       | 699.64 ha              | 18 ha                            |
| 3.   | Gare IV/4 OCP Expansion (0.48 MTPA to 1 MTPA of which 0.4 MTPA OC & 0.6 MTPA UG in ML area 701.512 ha)                | 2500 trees per hectare | 31.8 ha (79500 trees)            |
| 4.   | Chhal UG mine of M/s SECL                                                                                             | 324.66 ha              | 30 ha                            |
| 5.   | Expansion of Baroud Opencast Mine (1 MTPA to 3.5 MTPA and expansion in lease area from 312.17 ha to 1111.40 ha), SECL | 854.27 ha              | 56.764 ha                        |
| 6.   | Durgapur II Sariya Coal Block (2 MTPA) by M/s DB Power Limited                                                        | 2500 per ha            | 630 Acres (33.55%)               |
| 7.   | Expansion of integrated steel plant by M/s. Nalwa Steel & Power                                                       | 2500 trees per ha.     | 231070 trees                     |
| 8.   | Proposed for Expansion of Ferro Alloys Unit by M/s. MSP Sponge Iron Limited                                           | 72 ha                  | 18.04 ha                         |
| 9.   | Expansion of 1000MW (4x250 MW) by addition of 4x600MW (2400 MW) Coal Based Thermal Power Plant                        | 122 ha                 | 108 ha                           |
| 10.  | 2x150MW PP at Dongamuha, M/s. JSPL                                                                                    | 2500 trees per ha.     | 44,345 no.s of trees             |
| 11.  | 2x800 MW Lara STPP at Raigarh, NTPC                                                                                   | 2500 trees per ha.     | 30,000 trees                     |
| 12.  | 1x600 MW coal Based Thermal Power Plant by M/s. Korba West Power Company Ltd.                                         | 65.9638 ha.            | 79.77 ha.                        |
|      | Janjgir Champa                                                                                                        |                        |                                  |
| 13.  | Expansion of Sponge Iron Plant, Steel Plant and Captive Power Plant, Prakash Industries                               | 33% of 243.458 ha.     | 106.656 ha                       |
| 14.  | 2x600 MW Singhitari TPP near villages Singhitarai, M/s Athena Chhattisgarh Power Pvt. Ltd                             | 2500 per ha.           | 100 ha. (2,50,000 no.s of trees) |

| 15.   | 4x350 MW TPP at Uchpinda by M/s R.K.M. Powergen Pvt. Ltd.   | 300 ha   | 301 ha   |
|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|

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