Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(i) In respect of proposals for laying of transmission lines, pipelines for drinking water supply and exploratory drilling for prospecting of oil which do not involve any felling or cutting of tree, only the following particulars may be furnished in the prescribed form: (a) Map of the area required along with geographical location of the project. (b) Purpose for which forest land is required to be used. (c) Extent of forest area to be diverted. (d) Legal status of forest land. (e) Whether forest land forms part of national park, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or forms part of the habitat of any endangered or threatened species of flora and fauna. (f) Whether no alternative alignment is possible to avoid or minimise use of forest land and, whether, the required forest area is the minimum needed for the purpose. A certificate in this regard is to be furnished by the concerned Divisional Forest Officer after personal inspection of the spot. (g) Compensatory afforestation scheme. (h) A certificate stating specifically that no cutting or felling of trees is involved. (ii) Other cases involving forest area up to 2 ha. which are devoid of tree cover, may also be dealt with as per above simplified procedure except for proposals for mining and regularisation of encroachments.