NTCA panel to visit Bander project on Friday

7:50 AM | Posted by Arpanjot Singh Chawla | Edit Post
NAGPUR: The three-member NTCA committee of experts will examine the proposed Bandar Coal Mining Project by the Bander Coal Company Private Limited (BCCPL), Mumbai, in Chimur tehsil of Chandrapur district on Friday.

The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) on July 2 this year had appointed experts Urmila Pingle, Kishor Rithe and GN Vankhede to do a site appraisal of coal sector, thermal power project proposals vis-Ã -vis the buffer-corridor areas of tiger reserves in Central India. However, Bander was left out that time. The same panel was also asked to examine proposed Bander mines.

Pingle has communicated her inability to participate due to other assignments. However, Vankhede and Rithe would be conducting the site visit on October 8 at 10am. The members will consult officials, stakeholders and project proponent at Chandrapur. The panel will later visit the proposed site.

On Saturday, the members will reach Chhindwara at 10am and examine proposed sites of Tandsi III and Tandsi III extension underground coal mine project (0.4 MTPA) of Mideast Integrated Steels Ltd in Chhindwara district. The project is coming up in 326 hectares.

A lot of hue and cry was raised after Bander coal blocks, near Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR), were not included for inspection in the 15 projects in Chandrapur district and Chhindwara that were examined by the NTCA panel two months ago.

The BCCPL was allotted coal blocks for Bander underground and opencast mines on May 29, 2009 to extract 175.110 million tonnes of coal. Although the proposed mining area falls in Brahmapuri Forest Division, the underground and opencast mine are 7.5km and 9km from the TATR boundary.

0 comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Ad

Ad

save

save

Site Archive

Search on net

Tigers

Tigers

Popular Posts

  • Why should we save Tigers??
    Not only is tiger a beautiful animal but it is also the indicator of the forest's health. Saving the tiger ...
  • Project Tiger
    Tiger sightings have become quite rare these days in India, reason being the Tiger killings because of its multitude of medicinal or magical...
  • Steps to save Tigers
    Over the past century the number of tigers in India has fallen from about 40,000 to less than 4,000 (and possibly as few as 1,500). Relentle...
  • Need to saveTigers
    At the turn of the 20th century, according to estimates, India probably had many thousand tigers in the wild. In 2002, based on a census u...
  • Tiger Reserves in India
    The Tiger Reserves in India is one of the projects undertaken by the wildlife lovers to protect the Indian tigers. The Tiger Reserves of I...

Tiger

Tiger

Tiger

Tiger

Contact me

For Feedback and queries or any suggestions contact me at:

manikarpan19@gmail.com

or

www.facebook.com/arpanjotsingh

Followers

Save Tigers

Loading...

.