Lok Sabha Question No. 1831 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-31
Subject: Felling of Trees for Construction Projects
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Mahabali Singh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1831

TO BE ASWERED ON 31.07.2023

## Felling of Trees for Construction Projects

## 1831.   SHRI MAHABALI SINGH:

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

- (a) the  details  and  the  progress  of  work  done  by  the  Government  in  Karakat  Parliamentary Constituency, Scheme-wise; and
- (b) the total number of trees felled in various road construction projects in the said Constituency along with the details of the trees planted in lieu thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) The Parliament Constituency-wise details of works done is not maintained at the level of this Ministry.  As per information received from the State Government of Bihar, the scheme-wise details and progress of work done in last three years (2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23) are as below:
- (b) As per information  provided  by  the  State  Government  of Bihar,  14,029 (trees)  and 13,334  (saplings)  were  felled  in  Rohtas  and  Aurangabad  districts.    The  State Government of Bihar has further submitted the details of trees planted in Rohtas and Aurangabad districts which is as under:

|   Sl. No. | Name of Scheme      | Target Plants           | Fund Utilised (in Rs.)   | Progress work   |
|-----------|---------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------|
|         1 | Clean Ganga Mission | 1050                    | 12,80,116/-              | Completed       |
|         2 | CAMPA               | 1356241                 | 4,04,77,523/-            | Completed       |
|         3 | Nagar Van           | 100 Meter Boundary wall | 5,99,000/-               | Completed       |

| Financial Year   |   Trees Planted |
|------------------|-----------------|
| 2020-21          |          228800 |
| 2021-22          |          910323 |
| 2022-23          |          218168 |
| Total            |         1357291 |

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## ANNEXURE

## List of projects/proposals accorded Stage-II approval by MoEF&CC under Forest (Conservation), Act 1980 for diversion of forest land since 2018 till 25.07.2023 and number of trees felled

| Sl No.   | Name of Forest Division   | Name of District   | Name of User Agency                               | Name of Project/Proposal                                                                          | Date of Stage-I approval   | Date of Stage-II approval   | Area in Hectare   | Number of trees felled   |
|----------|---------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
| (1)      | (2)                       | (3)                | (4)                                               | (5)                                                                                               | (6)                        | (7)                         | (8)               | (9)                      |
| 1        | Rohtas                    | Rohtas             | NH-Gaya                                           | Construction of Dehri-Banjari- Akbarpur Road (KM 0.00-40.00) in District Rohtas.                  | 01.02.2018                 | 09.04.2018                  | 17.0600           | 1218                     |
| 2        | Rohtas                    | Rohtas             | Bihar State Tourism Development Corportation Ltd. | Construction of Rajju Road in Rohtas Fort district Rohtas.                                        | 16.09.2018                 | 24.09.2019                  | 1.3300            | 980                      |
| 3        | Aurangabad                | Aurangabad         | RCD Gaya                                          | Widening of NH-120 Goh to Doudnagar Road ( KM142.050- 167.465 )                                   | 12.03.2019                 | 4.062019                    | 12.4500           | 6700                     |
| 4        | Patna- Aurangabad         | Patna- Aurangabad  | PG Patna                                          | Construction of 400 KV D/C NABINAGAR -PATNA Transmission Line in Aurangabad District of Bihar     | 18.05.2018                 | 08.11.2018                  | 1.8446            | 24                       |
| 5        | Aurangabad                | Aurangabad         | NPGC Aurangabad                                   | Storm Drain scheme inflow and outflow of water for Nabinagar Supper Thermal Power Project (STPP). | 03.05.2019                 | 15.11.2019                  | 7.3875            | 115                      |

|   6 | Gaya and Aurangabad   | Gaya and Aurangabad   | NH-Gaya      | Widening and beautification of Gaya - Goh (Km 103.865 to Km 142.050 (design Ch. 141.750) (Design Ch.141.885 Km) of NH- 120) district of Gaya and Aurangabad State of Bihar   | 03.05.2019   | 29.06.2020   |   18.6520 | 2338 (Trees) 5370(Saplings)   |
|-----|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|-----------|-------------------------------|
|   7 | Rohtas                | Sasaram               | NH-Gaya      | Widening and beautification of Nasriganj - Bikramganj (Km 181.465 to Km 201.665 of NH- 120) District Rohtas of State of Bihar                                                | 18.06.2019   | 31.08.2020   |   12.068  | 2599 (Trees) 7964 (Saplings)  |
|   8 | Rohtas                | Sasaram               | IOCL Patna   | Laying of CNG Pipeline by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. Under the City Gas distribution Scheme in Rohtas District.                                                             | 26.06.2020   | 31.08.2020   |    0.2572 | 0                             |
|   9 | Rohtas                | Sasaram               | IOCL Patna   | Laying of CNG Pipeline by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. Under the City Gas distribution Scheme in Aurangabad District.                                                         | 20.07.2020   | 31.08.2020   |    0.0898 | 0                             |
|  10 | Rohtas                | Sasaram               | IOCL Patna   | Power Sub-station for makeup water system for BRBCL TPP at Nabinagar Aurangabad                                                                                              | 18.05.2020   | 28.08.2020   |    0.346  | 0                             |
|  11 | Aurangabad            | Aurangabad            | Reliance Jio | Diversion of 1.0275 ha of forest land for laying of Optical Fibre Cable by Reliance Jio Infocom Ltd. Beside Sherghati -Dumariya- Navinagar-Varun Path.                       | 23.12.2020   | 10.03.2021   |    1.0275 | 0                             |

|   12 | Aurangabad   | Aurangabad   | Reliance Jio          | Diversion of 0.21 ha of forest land for laying of Optical Fibre Cable by Reliance Jio Infocom Ltd. Beside Moh Pothu Road.                                                            | 10.12.2020   | 10.03.2021   |   0.2100 |   0 |
|------|--------------|--------------|-----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|----------|-----|
|   13 | Aurangabad   | Aurangabad   | NHAI Daltanganj       | Widening and beautification of NH-98 (Km. 23.284 to Km. 23.925) in district Aurangabad.                                                                                              | 27.06.2022   | 11.10.2022   |   1.819  |  55 |
|   14 | Rohtas       | Rohtas       | Shri Manoj Ram        | Diversion of 0.038175 ha of forest land for construction of approach road for opening retail outlet of BPCL on Sasaram-Ara Road in Rohtas district of Bihar.                         | 29.01.2021   | 21.07.2022   |   0.0382 |   0 |
|   15 | Rohtas       | Rohtas       | Smt. Sonam Kumari     | Diversion of 0.01725 ha of forest land for construction of approach road for opening retail outlet of BPCL on Mauza-Danwar, Thana- Kachhawa, SH-81 Road in Rohats district of Bihar. | 22.02.202    | 22.05.2022   |   0.0173 |   0 |
|   16 | Rohtas       | Rohtas       | Shri Anil Kumar Singh | Diversion of 0.0285 ha of forest land for construction of approach road for opening retail outlet of HPCL on side of nh-120 Bikramganj-Nasriganj Road in Rohtas District of Bihar.   | 13.05.2022   | 19.07.2022   |   0.0285 |   0 |

|   17 | Rohtas   | Rohtas   | Shri Avadh Bihari Singh   | Diversion of 0.00975 ha of forest land for construction of approach road for opening retail outlet of BPCL on Thana Chowk-Tilauthu NH-119 (OLD), NH-2C Road in Rohtas district of Bihar.   | 28.03.2022   | 14.06.2022   |   0.0098 |   0 |
|------|----------|----------|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|----------|-----|
|   18 | Rohtas   | Rohtas   | Smt. Nirmala Devi         | Diversion of 0.023775 ha of forest land for construction of approach road for opening retail outlet of HPCL on SH-15 Road in Rohtas district of Bihar.                                     | 26.02.2021   | 14.06.2022   |   0.0238 |   0 |
|   19 | Rohtas   | Rohtas   | Shri Deeraj Kumar         | Construction of retail outlat BPCL at Fanagi Mouja on Harhi- Dhansoi-Dinara Road in Rohtas district of Bihar.                                                                              | 26.11.2020   | 29.06.2021   |   0.0098 |   0 |
|   20 | Rohtas   | Rohtas   | Shri Brij Bihari Paswan   | Construction of retail outlat IOCL at Khairamughar Mouja on SH- 15 Rohtas district of Bihar.                                                                                               | 26.08.2020   | 10.02.2021   |   0.0128 |   0 |
|   21 | Rohtas   | Sasaram  | Shri Rajesh Kumar         | Diversion of 0.01605 ha of forest land for construction of approach road for opening retail outlet of BPCL on Sasaram-Chausa Road in Rohtas district of Bihar.                             | 24.09.2020   | 21.012.2021  |   0.0161 |   0 |

| 22   | Rohtas   | Sasaram   | Shri Krashna Kumar Kuntal         | Diversion of 0.02175 ha of forest land for construction of approach road for opening retail outlet of BPCL on NH-120 Malaybag- Bikramganj Road in Rohtas district of Bihar.   | 18.01.2022   | 13.04.2022   |   0.0218 | 0                              |
|------|----------|-----------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|----------|--------------------------------|
| 23   | Rohtas   | Sasaram   | Smt. Yasmin Bano& Smt. Saba Noori | Diversion of 0.00825 ha of forest land for construction of approach road for opening retail outlet of BPCL on SH-81 Road in Rohtas district of Bihar.                         | 27.11.2020   | 07.01.2022   |   0.0083 | 0                              |
|      |          |           |                                   |                                                                                                                                                                               |              |              |  74.7276 | 14029 (Trees) 13334 (Saplings) |