The government has approved a Rs 18 crore Bio Diversity Management Plan (BDMP) for the Marwah Forest Division, which will be funded by the Chenab Valley Power Project’s (CVPP)’s’Environmental Management Plan’ component.
“Administrative approval is accorded to the implementation of Bio-Diversity Management Plan of Marwah Forest Division at a technically vetted cost of Rs 18.00 crore (Rupees eighteen crore only) to be funded in full by Chenab Valley Power Project (CVPP) as a component of “Environment Management Plan (EMP),” according to an order issued in this regard by Commissioner Secretary Forest, Ecology and Environment.
According to the order, a 1500-hectare area will be treated with 4.50 lakh rft fencing, 7.75 lakh plants to be planted, 15.05 lakh plant production, 5400 cubic metre soil conservation, three wooden bridges, the construction of 20 guard huts, and the purchase and use of two mobility vans over a seven-year period (from 2021-22 to 2027-28), with annual phasing of physical and financial phasing.
The order went on to say that the administrative approval was granted subject to the fulfilment of certain conditions, including that all rules/orders and instructions issued by the government from time to time be followed while incurring expenditure against the allocated budget, contour mapping and structural design of the site, and photographic records of work with GPS coordinates be maintained.
The order also states that any revenue earned from the project, if any, will be paid to the government, as is customary with other government departments.
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