Goemkarponn Desk
CANACONA – Forest department in a virtual rejection of permission to use forest land for improvement of the sharp curve on Karmalghat, has asked PWD (Highway) to apply for diversion of forest land in PARVIRESH portal of MoEF&CC.
In response to PWD (Highway), Canacona request, Assistant Conservator of Forests, South Division, Margao informed that the area sought to be used for improvements of the sharp curve is a forest land and use of forest land for any non-forestry purpose requires processing under the forest (conservation) act, and hence need to apply for diversion of forest land with necessary documents in the PARIVESH portal of MoEF & CC.
Forest department also highlighted it’s preliminary observation that a proposal already uploaded on PARIVESH portal for diversion of 29.836 ha of forest land for four lanning of existing NH-17 from 475.040 Km to 611.000Km in the State of Goa (Toll) basis under NHDP-III (Patradevi to Polem Section on NH-17) covers the portion of the land for which permission is sought now and informed this diversion proposal is under progress