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
• Forest clearance to HPSEB Accorded
:
Jun 1990
• Forest clearance transfer by MOEF to NTPC
:
Nov 2000
( With Wildlife involvement indicated as “NIL”)
(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
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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
Which depicted involvement of:
: Sep’06Mar’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)
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NTPC submitted proposal for clearance to forest deptt.
On advice of forest deptt NTPC submitted proposal to CEC
CEC advised to obtain recommendation of Wildlife Boards
State WL Board recommendations
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Aug’08
Dec‘08
Feb’09
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
Distance Of Sanctuary
From Dam - 17kms
SATLUJ
RIVER
Majathal WL
Sanctuary – 3938.6 Ha
Tail End of
Submergence Area
- 40 Kms From
Dam
124. 054 Ha (about 3%) of
Majathal WL Sanctuary Area
Falling in Submergence of
Koldam
KOLDAM
HPP
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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
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:
Reduction in No of trees Wildlife sanctuary
Dam height
saved
area reduced
By 1 M
450
1.92 ha.
By 2 M
899
3.81 ha.
By 3 M
1225
5.67 ha.
By 4 M
1659
7.51 ha.
Remarks
With reduction in Dam
Height, there is Nominal /
Negligible reduction in
trees & wildlife land on
account of submergence
• 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.
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
Catchment Area Treatment Plan
Nachan Forests Divison
Bilaspur Forests Divison
Nachan Forests Divison
Bilaspur Forests Divison
RIM Plantations
RIM Plantations
Plantation under Compensatory Afforestation Scheme
Suket Forest Divison
Shimla Forest Divison
Karsog Forest Divison
Details of Trees coming in Submergence Area of
Majathal Wildlife Sanctuary : (124.05 Hec)
Classification of Trees and Diameter in Cms.
Sl.
No.
V
IV
III
II A
II B
10-20
20-30
30-40
40-50
50-60
1 SHISHAM
281
99
35
12
3
1
2 TUN
195
74
31
13
5
5
3 KHAIR
81
47
26
3
592
238
188
25
Name of Species
JAMUN, SIRIS,
4 SIMBAL, BEHRA
Other BROAD LEAF
5 Species
IA
IB
IC
ID
60-70 70-80 80-90 90-100
Less than 10
cms dia
1
2
326
4
19
13
Total
431
161
1
4
3
1083
30229 11075 5271 531 255 173 27 25
75
47661
6 SAPPLINGS
Total
Saplings
31378 11533 5551 584 282 196 29 31
78
1600
1600
1600
51262
NUMBER OF TREES SAVED BY REDUCTION OF 2M
BELOW FRL 642M
Sl.
No.
IV
III
II A
II B
IA
IB
IC
ID
IE
1 Majathal
43
11
7
3
3
0
1
0
0
0
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
30
58
122
50
17
3
0
0
0
0
0
0 192 101
293
675
142
61
13
4
1
1
2
0
0 899 1377 2276
DPF Harsang
5 Bagal
Total No of trees
coming upto 2m
below FRL642m
Total Saplings
G.Tot
V
68
28
NUMBER OF TREES SAVED BY REDUCTION OF 3M
BELOW FRL 642M
Sl.
No.
V
IV
III II A II B
IA
IB
IC
ID
IE
Total
Saplings
G.Tot
1 Majathal
34 10 0 2
0
0
0
0
0
0
46
55
101
2 Mandrech
39
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
0 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
5
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
4 Kiyari
DPF Harsang
5 Bagal
5
4
0
NUMBER OF TREES SAVED BY REDUCTION OF 4M
BELOW FRL 642M
Sl.
No.
V
IV
III
II A
II B
IA
IB
IC
ID
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
63
21
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
89
32
121
296
91
43
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
434
543
977
121
285 124 24
5
4
3
1
2
1
0 1659 2501 4160
DPF Harsang
5 Bagal
Total No of trees
coming between
3m & 4m below
FRL642m
Total No of trees
coming upto 4m
below FRL642m