ministry of environment order on lavasa
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No.2l-9 | 2011-IA.IIIGovernment of India
Ministry of Environment & Forests
Paryavaran Bhawan,CGO Complex, Lodhl Road,
New Delhi - 110 OOg.
Dated: 13tu October, 2oll.Order
Subject: Environmental Clearance for the Development of HiIl StationTownship rst phase (2ooo ha.) at village Mulshi and velheTalukas, District Pune, Maharashtra by InA. Lavasa CorporationLtd. - Reg.
Lavasa Corporation submitted an application to the Ministry on 2,dFebruaqr, 2or1' and subsequent letters seeking prior Environmental Clearancefor the above project under the EIA Notificidon, 2006. The proposar wasappraised as per prescribed procedure in the light of provisions under the EIANotification, 2oQ6 and its subsequent amendments ii zoog/2011 and on thebasis of the mandatory documents enclosed with the applicaiiort viz., the FormL, Form 1A and Conceptual Plan including EIA, EMp and the additionalclarifications furnished in response to the obslrvations of tne e*pett AppraisalCommittee constituted by the competent authority in its meeting" fr.ta on 14th, -15* February 2oll, grd - {th March 2orr,5tn - jti' April 2olr,I r* _ 12fr May2OIL and 31" t May 2011.
2. In its meeting dated 31st May, 2011, a copy enclosed at Annexure 1,interalia the EAC recommended the proposal for-the issue of EnvironmentalClearance for the I"t phase witl. certain conditions and the Ministry acceptedthese recommendations. Accordingly an affidavit was also been filed in theHon'ble High court of Bombay on 15th June, 2orr. In pursuance of theaforesaid acceptance, the folowing pre-conditions were stipuLt"d,
"(il Credible action by the State Government of Maharashtra against theviolation under Environment (protection) Act, 19g6.
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(ii) Submission of a written commitment by M/s Lavasa Corporation Ltd.in the form of a formal resolution from
'Board of Directors of the
company that violations of the Environment (Protection) Act etc. shallnot be repeated.
(iii) The scale and intensity of development of the hill town shall be as perHill Station Regulations and shall be revised based on developable/buildable area. A clear demarcation of "no d.evelopment/ constructionzonef ate{ shall be identified comprising of (a) all water bodies (b)forest lands/forest like lands and (c) ri."* steeper than l:3. Thedevelopable/buildable areas shall be verified through state
Government/Director Town Planning and the calculation of FSI shallbe made accordingly. No developnient shall u" tJ.r, -*
,r, areassteeper !ha1 or equal to 1:3. The FSI calculation shall be worked outseparately based on rand uses and shan not be
"""r"g"a for thecalculation of FSI.
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(iiiil At least 5%o of the total cost of the project shall be earmarked towardsthe corporate social Responsibilitr (c"sRf and item-wise details alongwith time bound q"!gn plan shari d" ;;;pared and submitted to theMinistry's Regional Office at,Rfuspr1. Implementation of such programshall be ensured accordingly in "
ti_. bound manner.
(ivi) LcL shatl submit an undertaking/commitment to earmarknecessary/adequate funds as per report to be submitted shortlyregarding the quantum of penalty/ie-compense and creation ofEnvironmental Restoration Fund.
In addition to above, the concurrent conditions as stipulated by theexpert committee shall be monitored by a high level Verificatron andMonitoring Committee (VMC), which shali be constituted with inclusion ofeminent experts, representatives of MoEF and District Administration etc. Thecommittee shall examine, verify and monitor at various stages (planning,construction, operation and maintenance) of the project for conipliance of theconditions. Budgetary provisions shall be made to the satisfaction of thecommittee' The VMC shall be vested with powers to take any action as itdeems necessary in the interest of protecting/restoring the envir6nment.,,
3' It is to be noted that with reference to Ministry's letter of even numberdated 10ft June,2ol1, the state Government Maharashtra observed that
"It is aduisable for the Enuironment Depart to make a reference to thelinistry of Enuironment & Forests, Union of India and obtain Ministry ofEnuironment & Forest's clarifi"cation and. take appropriate action ifierbringing the facts to the notice of tlte Hon'ble HW Court in the pendingIitigation- TLrc Law & Judiciary Department has opined that ,,in uieut ofthe pendencg of the Writ Petition No. 9448 of 2010 as eutdent from theamended order dated 5.4.2011, the lssue about appticabilitg of the EIANotifi'cation 1994, 2004 and. 2006 haue not be resolied.. Coisiiering thefads and circamstances, chronologg of euents and specific preadingsraised bg the petitioner about the-non-applicotion of^Z7o+ ind 2006Notifications for deuelopment o7 zotio Hectare land before theautLnrities and also the obseruations-of Hon'ble High Court at ptara 12 oforder dated 22.12,.2010 and furth.er litigation raised ba M/s LiL and sub-iudice isszes and the prouiiions contlained u/s 16 of the Enuironment(Protection) Act, 1986. It is aduisable for the Enuironment Department toryake a reference to tLrc MoEF, [Jnion of Ind"ia and obiain MoEF,sclaification and lake appropriate action after binging the facts to thenotice of Hon'ble High Court in pending litigation.,,
Annexure 2 is a copy of the letter of Government of Maharashtra dated2Oth July, 2OLI is enclosed.
4. Chairman, M/s Lavasa Corporation. Ltd. (LCL) in his letter dated 21"tJune, 2ALI addressed to Hon'lcle Minister for Environment & Forests hasaccepted the 5 pre-conditions as mentioned in the affidavit filed by theMinistry on 15th June, 2OII, stating that :
"I would like to mention here that of the 5 pre-conditions mentioned. in theAffidauit, u)e haue complied utith atl the pre-conditions except pre-condition No.(i)linked to th.e fr,ate Gouernment."
5. M/s Lavasa Corporation. LJd. (LCL) vide their letter dated 12tr' July,ZOLL requested that before an order imposing any pre-conditions or conditionsif passed, they should be given a personal hearing in the matter as it mayresult in adverse civil consequences for them. Accordingly Ministry haiconstituted a three Member panel to give a personal hearing on Sft Algust,2OII.
6. M/s LCL submitted another letter on 27h July, 2011in which they havesubmitted commitments to some of the pre-conditions and requested thatappropriate decision may be taken without waiting for an oral hearingscheduled on Sft August, 2O11. It is also mentioned in this letter that para 1iof the Judgment of Hon'ble High Court dated 22"d December, 2OlO in writpetition No.9448 of 2010 the issue applicability of EIA Notifications and theiralleged violations are under consideration of tJle Hon'ble Bombay High Court.As approved earlier, it was informed to M/s LCL that as the date of hearinghad already been fixed for Sth August, 2oLl, the panel would sit and biavailable on that day and time and if they wished to come for hearing or tosubmit any additional information they could do so.
7. Representatives of M/s LCL attended the hearing on Sth August, 2OII at3. p.m. and submitted a letter signed by Mr. R4jgopal Nogia, Group presidentin which they also enclosed the resolution of the Board of Directors statingthat company will ensure that all provisions of Environment (Protection) Acishall be scrupulously followed and violation of the Act (if any), as averred byMoEF shall not be repeated. They further committed that the scale andintensity of the hill station town would be as per Hill Station Regulations andFSI would be worked out separately based on the land uses and as per HillStation Regulations and shall not be averaged for calculation of FSI. M/s LCLalso committed 5% of the project cost would be earmarked towards CorporateSocial Responsibility (CSR) and further committed to earmark reasonablefunds for any environmental upgradation.
8. The details submitted by M/s LCL were examined by the panel and itwas noted that submissions to various conditions were a sort of willingness ofthe company to comply with stipulations except the first condition r.latirtg toviolation. Annexure 3 is a copy of the proceedings along with references from
M/s LCL dated 12ft July, 2o1L,27h July,2olr and submissions made on sthAugust, 2OII are enclosed.
9' In the meantime, Mr. Ajit Gulabchand, chairman, M/s Lavasacorporation Limited (LcL) sent a letter dated 13th september, 2orr addressedto Hon'ble Minister for Environment & Forests regarding treatment given toM/s LCL as contrasted to other projects. The details submitted are examinedby the Ministry. _ The projects of L&T park, r"r"t", Akashya sattrpathya,Mumbai, AHR, j*rd!*,
-punja! and Bird nirpr., Hoter, Maharashtra arecovering areas of 3 ha., 2 ha., t.z na. and 0.6 rr".?""p"ctivery and t1.e built uparea of these projects are even lesser than ttrat. In the above projects, theproject proponents started construction prior to obtaining Environmentalclearance. Lavasa's project is a large
-construction/deveropment projectcovering an area of 2000 ha. and locat"ed in the hiuy t".rain which involvedlarge scale cutting and filling and change of drainage pattern. The magnitudeof violation and impact of environm-ental degradation is spread on larger areas.The pre-conditions are required for
",r"rr"typ" or pro3ect to safeguard thefurther degradation where"" itt oft91 cases pt"-"ottaitions were not required.The comparison of Lavasa project with other
-smaller projects is not relevant orapplicable as the projects are totally different and distinguishable. Annexure 4is the letter of chairman, M/s Lavasa corporation Limited.
-10' A" the pre-condition on the credible action on violation of EIANotification, 2o06 has not been complied with, the Ministry is unable to issuethe Environmenta-l Clearance to the iirst phase of Hill City project (2ooo ha) ofM/s LCL' The final decision on the Environmental Clearance cannot be takentill all the pre conditions are met including credible actiott uv 1rr" StateGovernment of Maharashtra and subject to the-final orders of the Hon'6le HighCourt of Bombay as the matter is sub-iudice.
11. Inform all concerned accordingly.
12. This issues with the approval of tJre competent Authority.
Encl. as above
1) Lavasa Corporation Ltd.2) The secretaqr, Department of Environment, Govt. of Maharashtra,
Mantralaya, Mumbai - 4OO OS2.3) The chairman, cpcB, parivesh Bhawan, cBD-cum-office complex,
East Arjun Nagar, Delhi - 110092.The chairman, Maharashtra coastal zone Management Auttrority, RoomNo.2I7 (Annexe), Mantralaya, Mumbai _ 4OO W;.The chairmarr, Maharashtra pollution contror Board, Mumbai.Guard File.
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Proceedings of the hearing held on Sth August. 2O11
M/s Lavasa Corporation Ltd. {LCL) vide their letter dated 12ft July,2OIL has requested the Ministry that before an order imposing any pre-
conditions or conditions is passed, they should be given personal hearingin the matter as that may result into adverse civil consequences forthem. Accordingly, Ministry has constituted a three Member panel to give
them personal hearing on 5ft August, 2OLL. The members of the panel
are:
i) Dr. (Mrs.) Nalini Bhat, Adviserii) Dr. (Mrs.) P.L. Ahuja Rai, Directoriii) Shri Bharat Bhushan, Director
Lavasa Corporation Ltd. was represented by the following:
Shri Rajgopal Nogja, Group PresidentLt. Gen. S.K. Jetley, (Retd.) Sr. Vice President, HCCShri Bodupali, Sr. Vice President, LegalShri Suresh P. Pendharkar, Chief PlannerShri Raj Mhatre, Executive
2. During the hearing, LCL stated that they have submitted a letter
on 12ft July, 2AIL in response to the Ministry's letter dated 27th Jwne,2OIL wherein MoEF has directed LCL to submit a written commitmentwith regard to pre-conditions for issuance of environmental clearance.They further stated that they have submitted another letter of 27& July,2OIL, in which they have submitted some commitment on some of thepre-conditions and requested that an appropriate decision may be takenwithout waiting for the oral hearing scheduled on 5*'August,2O11- A
copy of the MoEF letter dated 27b J:une,2oI l is annexed at A'.
3. At the outset, it was clarified that the hearing is only limited to the
request for consideration of five pre-conditions as informed by the
ivtinistry in their letter dated-27s ,Iune;-2O1-1'and.no other. issues.wouldbe discussed. M/s LCL agreed to this framework and gave a signed
documents on Stt'August, 2011 such as the resolution of the Board ofDirectors along with a self-contained note on different pre-conditions.
4- The panel noted that some of the clarifications stated in the letterof 27h July, 2011 are in departure of their earlier letter of 12ft July,2OlL, wherein heading and text are different and asked that whether theletter of 27l*. July, 2OIL supersedes the earlier letter of 12ft July, 2AIl.The representatives of LCL informed that letter of 27b Juiy, 2011 is the
final letter and 12ft July, 2OL1 letter may be ignored and confirmed that
2Ta July,2OI1 letter supersedes the 12ft July, 2OII letter. They further
i)ii)iii)iv)v)
stated that the 27h July,2}ll letter should be read with the Sft August,2OIL submissions. A copy of the letters of 12e July, 2OLI and.27*- July,2OIL submitted by LCL are annexed at 'B'and 'C'.
5. LCL further stated that as directed by MoEF vide letter dated 27hJune, 2OIL informing the pre-conditions before the issue ofEnvironmental Clearance, they have submitted point-wise details.
Pre-condition {i)
The constructions/ deuelopment carried out till nout are in uiolationof Enuironmental (Protection) Act 1986. The uiolation has to be dealtas per OM No. No.J-I1013/41/2006-IA. II(I) dated 16th Nouember2010. As per aftl of the aboue OM, LCL shall submit a urittencommitment uithin 9A days, in the for* of a formal resolution fromBoard of Directors of ttrc companA for consideration of ifsenuironment related policg/ plan of action to the Ministry to ensurethat uiolations of the Enuironment (Protection) Act etc. shall not berepeated.
In response to the pre-condition number (i) of the letter of 27tnJune, 2OII, M/s LCL submitted a response vide its letter of 27h July,2OIL. In reference to pre-condition (i) it is stated that:
a). You are aware that we have filed a writ petition in the HonbleHigh Court of Bombay, being Writ Petition No.9448 of 2010.The said writ petition relates to the Ministry's Show CauseNotice dated 25. I i.201O. The said Writ Petition was extensivelyheard by the Hon'ble Bombay High Court and at the time of thehearing, the Additional Solicitor General on behalf of theMirrist-ry-- rnade ." d_-e-tailE_d._._q_qb,-mi_s._Si-o:l-s-. On_ 22,L2.?9lO-,.. lhgHon'ble Bombay High Court, inter alia passed an order andobserved as follows:
Para l2.of the Judgement:
"We are satisfied that the issues raised bg the Petitionersregarding applicability of the Notifications refened to hereinaboueis required to be considered, and it utould not be appropriate toaduert at this stage to tlw meits and de-merits of the argumentsaduanced bg the respectiue parties."
b). tt is therefore evident from the aforesaid Order of the i{onbleHigh Court of Bombay that the issue of applicability of the EIANotifications and their alleged violations is under considerationof the Bombay High Court.
c). It may also be noted here that the counsel for the State ofMaharashtra had also stated on L2-O7-2O|I, during thehearing on the matter in the Honble High Court, that thematter of the applicability of the EIA Notifications and thealleged violations are already under the consideration of theHon'ble High Court, and hence the question of taking anyaction by the State Government does not arise.
d). On the basis of the above, we humbly request till a decision isfinalized by the Hon'ble High Court, we are unable to submitcompliance as per o.M. dt. 16.11.2010. We will abide by theHon'ble High Court's decision in the matter.
M/s LCL also submitted during the hearing a certified true copy
of the resolution passed by the Board of Directors of LCL at its
meeting held on 25ft July, 2Ol1 in Mumbai. The copy of the Board of
Directors resolution is annexed at 'D'. According to the above Board
of Directors resolution the company resolved that -
i) the MoEF is of the view that the constructions/ development in
Dasve sector (68I.27 ha) was carried out without obtaining prior
Environmental Clearance und,er EIA notification 1994 as amendedin 2oo4 and also EIA Notification 2ao6, although the company
maintains that no prior environmental clearance was required
under the said Notifications. However, in response to the
precondition no.l of the letter dated 27t*: June, 2011, Company
will ensure that all provisions of EP Act shall be scrupulously
followed and violation of the Act (if any), as averred by MoEF, will
not be repeated.
ii) in case any approval is required from MoEF, for any of our
projects, oui company will approach MoEF for obtaining necessary
clearances and construction of the project(s) will be initiated as per
iii) the Company has in place enviionmental related policies/plan of
action and the sarne has been placed before the Board.
The panel noted that the resolution does not include the
company's Lnvironment related policy/plan of action which M/s LCL
confirmed that they would submit within three months.
6. LCL also submitted the response to the other pre-conditions as
under:
Pre-condition (ii)
The scale and intensitg of deuelopment of ttrc hill town shal1 be asper HiIl station Regulations and shalt be reuised. based ondeuelopable/ buildable e"res.. A clear demarcation of "nodeuelopment/ construction zone/ area" shall be id"entifiedcomprising of (a) aII uater bodies (b) forest lands/forest tike landsand (c) areas,steeper tlwn 1:3. The deuelopable/buildable areasshall be uerifi.ed through State Gouerrrment/ Director Town Planningand t|'Le calculation of Fs/ shall be made accordingly. /vodeuelopment shall be taken up in areas steeper than or equal to 1:3.
LCL commitment to precondition {ii)
We hereby undertake/commit that the scale and intensity of thehill station town would be as per hill station regulations. It is inthe process of reviewing the layout plan of the area based ondevelopable/ buildable area. Further a clear demarcation of "nodevelopment/ construction zonef area" would be identified basedon the contour maps which would indicate {a) all the water bodies(b) forest lands/forest like lands and (c) areas steeper than 1:3. Wefurther undertake/confirm that the development would beundertaken only on the developable/buildable area. The mapshowing developable/buildable area will be submitted to the StateGovernment/Director of Town Planning. We will get the sameverified by State Government/Director of Town Planning within 90days.
Precondition (iii)
............The.F)SI.calanlation...slnll..he-..uar.ked.-out..separatqlg based on landuses ond slmll not be aueraged for the calculation of FSI.
LCL commitment to precondition (iii)
We herby undertake/commit that the FSI would be worked outseparately based on land uses and as per hill station regulationsand shall not be averaged for the calculation of FSI.
Precondition tiv)
At least 5o/o of the total cost of the project shall be earmarkedtowards ttrc corporate social Responsibilitg /csR/ and item-wisedetails along uith time bound action plan shall be prepared andsubmitted to the Ministry's Regional Office at Bhopa.l.
Implementaiion of such program shall be ensured accordingly in atime bound manner.
As regards the pre-condition No. (iv), LCL stated that, to the best oftheir knowledge, no such condition has been imposed whilegranting environmental clearances to any of the construction/areadevelopment projects in the country. Moreover, all the activities
like road construction network within the project area,
transportation facilities and other amenities for the villagers,
constructing new houses for the villagers, hospitals, schools, all
Wpes of soil erosion control activities, pollution control,
afforestation measures etc. are under the ambit of Corporate Social
Responsibility in view of the aforesaid parameters of Corporate
Social Responsibility. We place for your kind consideration the fact
that we have already spent crores of rupees by way of discharging
our Corporate Social Responsibility and further committed to
continue the same. It is requested that whatever we have spent
should also be included in the earmarked amount towards out
Corporate Social Responsibility activity. The details and
pholographs of the same in compliance of our Corporate Social
Responsibilify activity have already been submitted during the
EAC meetings. Further LCL committed that:
LCL commitment to precondition (iv)
we hereby undertake/commit that 5 o/o of the project cost (i.e., 5 o/o
of the cost of the project for 2000 ha (Phase I) as mentioned in our
application) would be earmarked towards Corporate Social
RlsponsiUiiify (CSR). This earmarked amount is being utilized
within the pioject area over the period of the developmental phase
of the project.- Item-wise allocations along with time bound action
plan would be submitted in 3 months from the date hereof.
Pre-condition (v)
LCL shatl submit an undertaking/ commitment to earmark
necessary/ adequate funds as per report to be submitted shortly
regardinj the quantum of penalty/re-compense and creation of
Enu ir onment al Re s t o r atio n Fund -
LCL response to pre-condition (v) is:
With regard to pre-condition (v) as mentioned in Ministry's letter,
MoEF has constituted an expert team to look into the details and
to suggest the Environment restoration fund. The said expert team
is yet-Io release their findings. We would like to reqrrest you here
that we may be given an opportunit5r to examine the findings of thecommittee in the context of what is required to be restored. LCLfurther committed that:
We herby undertake/commit to earmark reasonable funds for anyenvironmental up gradation. If required on perusal of the findingsof the expert team as and when they are made available to us. It isrequested that we be given an opportunity for such a perusal andexamination of the findings.
7. LCL further stated that they are undergoing a great hardship,suffering and are on the brink of collapse and diiaster anb .equested theMinistry to issue an environmental clearance of the first phase of theproject urgently.
8. It was noted that submissions to various conditions by LCL signifythe willingness of the company to comply with stipulations excepl thefirst condition relating to violation. It was noted that this issue onapplicability of EIA Notifications of 1994, as amended in 2oo4 and EIANotification, 2006 to the Hill city project is sub judice in the Hon'ble Highcourt of Mumbai in the related writ petitions and IAs thereunder.
9. After submissions of the details on pre-conditions, the hearing wasconcluded.
Uw-(P.L. Ahrija Rai)
Director1Natfii-i efraq rat Bhushari
Director
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Minutes of the lol"t EAC meeting hetd on 31"t Ma zOLL
3.1 Environmental Clearance for the Development of Hiil StationTownship at Village Mulshi and Velhe Talukas, District Pune,Maharashtra by M/s. Lavasa corporation Ltd [F.No. zL-g/zoLL-rA.rrq
On the basis of complaints received about the development of a Hil lStation Township "Lavasa City" at Taluka Mulshi and Velh., Di.tri.t puneand after getting a preliminary report from Department of Environrnent,Government of Maharashtra, Ministry issued a "Show Cause Notice on 25il .November 2OIO to M/s Lavasa Corporation Limited (LCL).
2. LCL f i led a Writ peti t ion in the Hon'ble High Court of Bombay o1 28hNovembers 2010. The Hon'ble High Court in i ts order dated ))ndfisgsmber,2OlO directed for a site visit of the project by State Level EnvironmentImpact Assessment Authority or the Central Level Committee. Accordingly, asite visit of the project site was undertaken by the Committee along withofficers of MoEF under the Chairmanship of Shri Naresh Dayal from gth - /thJanuary, ?OIL. On the basis of the site visit r"poti and hearingsundertaken, Ministry issued f inal directions on 17ft January, 2oll .
3. LCL submitted a proposal for obtaining environmental clearance for 1"tphase (200oha) on 2'd February 2OIL. The proposal was put up for appraisalin t lre Expert Appraisal meetings (EAC) held on 14ti '- iS* f '"Uruary 2OII,3"t - 4th March 2orr, 5,h - 6ft April 2orl and l lth - 12ft May 2orr. Duringthe appraisal in the earlier meetings, the Committee had made a number ofobservations on the environmental concerns about the location of the hillstation township, cutting of hill slopes, concentration of metals and the pHof soil, construction of Bandharas, impact on water quality and arraiiabilityof water for the down stream areas including water supply to pune city. fneCommittee also suggested to re-examine the EIA reports prepared in the year2OO4 and 2009 by NEERI specially regarding the concentration of metals inthe soil and surface waters, mapping of hi l l sropes steeper than 1:3, l ;3 to1:5 and flatter than 1:5, use..-.and..-disposal .-of-..-soil-: 11€ggJfing---f;i3111...:...,.-..-digging/excavation for the construction of villas and roads, rlse of lreateduraste water and saving in enerry by using alternative source of energy andprovision of health and education facilities as per norms.
4 - In the later meetings, the committee discussed the clarificationssubmitted by LCL in the light of observations made during the meetings asalso representations received for and against the project. Duringpresentations before the expert committee, it was informed by LCL that:
(i) Government of Maharashtra (GOM) permitted LCL to develop aHill Station on the lands from 18 villages from Mulshi and Velhe
(i i)
(iii)
Taluka of Pu'e district under the provisions of trre speciarRegulations for De'elopment of Tourist Resorts/ Horidal, rro'res/Township in Hill Station T),pe Areas, 1996.
The site is situated on the hilr slopes of sar-ryadri surrounding ilreback-waters of Warasgaon dam.
The altitude of the site is 63g.5m to 1050m from the mean s€alevel (MSL). It is about 6o Km from pune City on its southr,r,est.
The area notified as a hilr station is 7zo0 ha, LcL is permitted toprivately purchase 66T r ha. The LCL has so far purchased 3B3oha and is in the process of purcrrasing the balance iand.
A Master plan has been prepared for an area of 5ooo ha. The rsrphase of developl"_"lt is comprising mainly in Dasve (763.2g08ll1, Bhoini (259.2641 ha), Mugao' (B3i.69l ha), padatghar(L2-O392 ha) and I{aloshi - ugavail 076.4791 ha} _ Totat 2048.75ha.
The development plan for the lst phase is frorn year 2oo4 to 2015and the 2"d phase will be from year 2or4 to zozt rhe projectedpopulation for the 1st phase is 1. r Lakhs and rn rren fr-rllydeveloped on 5000 ha, the rrilr station rvil have
" .".ra"",
population of 2-2 Lakhs in addition to the floating touristpopulation. r
The land use breakup of the l"t phase618.24 ha pO.a%), commercial 33.74.(3.3%), Institutional 2OT ha (10.1%),ha!,:ind o.ttiers 209-ha (1'Sr90 ha).
(iu)
(v)
(vi)
(vii)
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(viii) The slope analysis of 1st phase area indicate1:3 is 1O51.10ha (SS%), between 1:3 to 1:5and flatter than 1:5 is 44B.S I ha (23%).
The committee also noted that:-
{2048.75 ha) is Residentialha (1.7o/o), Hotel 72.7T ha
open space 908 ha (38.58
slopes steeper thanis 426.67 ha (22o/o)
(i) No objection certilg"r: was granted to the Lake city corporationby Maharashtra Poliution control Board for an area of 618i .3743ha vide letter No. Bo/TB/Ro (He)/puNE/ 6s/44+ dated 30ftMay, 2OO2.
Department of Environment, Government of Maharashtra videietter No. ENV/cLEl 265lcR.los/Tcl dated 18e March, 2oo4issued a letter stating environmental crearance for an area of
( i i i ) consent to operate uras issued for an area of 6181.3743 ha byMaharashtra pollut ion control Board on 5d'January, 2005 u,hichis va l id upto 30th Apr i l , 20L4.
(iv) First layout plan of the ?rea measuring 5g5.0 ha in village
Dasave, Padalghar and Bhoini of Mulshi tatut<a \^/as approved on31st August, 2006 by collector-, pu'e vide order No. pna'zNA/sR/69 / 2006.
for appraisal or underis issued \{ras not
urban Development Department, Government of Maharashtramade an amendment in the Maharashtra Regional and rorvnPlanning Act, 1966 vide dated. Ttr'June, 2aor regarding SpecialDevelopment control Regulations for development of TouristResort/ Holiday Homes/ Townships. The ame,-rdments were:-
(a) The development contemplated as far as possible shall notinvolve the cutting of the moun tains, hon ever theconstruction on slopes having gradient betlt ,een 1:3 lo 1:5shall be allowed preferably foy using the stilts.
(b) out of the total permissible residential Floor space Index(FSI) of o-30, 25oA reside't ial Floor Space Index may beallor,ved to be utilised for ground + tr.l,o storied structures.Remaining FSI shall be allowed to be utilised for ground flooror ground + one storey structure. (Note: In the layout ofResidential area, maximum 2soh prots may be allowed forground + two storied structures, provided that area und.ersuch plots shall not exceed 2s% of total residential area)
Tl-re collector, Pune granted building permission on the plotmeasur:ing-..--10-,0O0--.-...S
(ix) 1 1 type of 935 reside.tial buildings \\rere approved for a totar buirtup area of 2,42,377.O2g s_q.m rnitTr g.o._,rr. l + 1 floors/ ground + !f loors' out of 935 residential uuilaiiresl^ist rrrritdings are almosrcompleted, 2sr buildings are undei construction aborre printhl:::lJ:.
the consrructlon for 547 buildings are is yet to be
(x) LCL u'as dechf.g. -. Special plan.ing Authority for the areaunder their jurisdiction under the Sectlon 40(1)(B) of MR & TpAct' 1966 vide Government Notif ication dated 12ri ' June, 20OBqrith certain conditions. The total "."r
oi3656.28 ha nas 'otif lecifor LCL as Special planning Aurhorify (SPAJ
(xi) subsequently, the la1r6q1 approved by collector, pune *ras re'isedb] 'spA for 687-27 ha rv i th a total 6ui l t up area of 4,55,605.60sqm. on l6t i r November,2OIA.
(xii) Maharashtra Krishna Va[ey De'eropment corporation (MKVDC)has leased 141.15 ha area for the constrrr.t ior-, of Dasve Bancrharaand Gadale Ba'dhara o*n 30 years rease on z2nd septembe r 2oo2under MKVDC Act 1996, out of which I2g.Zg ha is undersubmergence (i00 ha at Gadare and 2g.Tg ha at Dasve) ofY,1::^*-1:l d?T, 1'-'d oniy rz.so--=rrJ'", Dasve is above
DN -90 nos., totar 471 number of buiidi 'gs.) The above sanctionrn'as only.for ground + one storel, builaingsl
(viii) The revised- rayout pian for non-agricultural permissions gra'ted:Ir:ff
cotector, pu'e o., zu' Jrlne, zobs '\zas for an i.ea of
(a) LCL- was permitted to construct B bandharas within thecatchment area of warasgaon dam for a i"r"r storage capacityof 24-66 MCM within sobo ha. (5 bandharas in 2000 ha ofL2.gO MCM + 3 bandharas i' s,ooorrr;ll*^ilCM;, ;ie;condition that appropriate ^.r"rrg.-ent w'r be made todischarge water from . the bandharas in extraordinarycircumstances for down stream areas.
(b) According to the revised proposar submitted and beinganproved by MKVDC, it is proposed to constructT bandharaswith a total storage capacity oi LO.g4 MCM-
(c) The total clai ly fresh water requirement for 1't phase is i1.62MLD. Total annual rvater requirement q' i l l be 4. '24 MCM.
6' Tire committee earl ier pointed out the inconsistency and incorrect clataand i[s analy5'i5
.in the BIA reports prepared ir-r 2OO4 and 2009 by NEERI.Based on the observations, LCL revised the reports. The revised reportsubrnitted is prepared by M/s Environmental Engineers & Cor-rsultants pvt.Ltd. Nernr Delhi and M/s Team Labs and Consultants, Hyderabacl and theconsultauts have collected and re-examined the samples for concentration ofheaqy metals including Mercury and Arsenic in the soil and surface naters.As per the revised report of 1"t phase:
(i) The results of concentration of the heavy metals includingMercury and Arsenic in the soil are within the trigger rralues asspecified for soil human health path r,vays (IAtrA-TSCbOC- 1415).
(ii) There are 3 quarries located in the project site at Bhoini, Mugaonand Koloshi. The coarse aggregate and sand is produced from thequarries/Crushers. The quarry at Bhoini is not in operation si lce2Oo7 and other 2 quarries are functionai. Permissions \ /ereobtained from Collector Pune under the Mumbai Minor MrneralExtraction Acts 1955.
7. LCL also revised the proposal based on the discussions in therneetings and observations raised by the Committee. As per the reviseddetails of the lst phase of the project, the total water ..qrir.*ent rvill beL5.29 MLD {fresh water requirement wil l be Lr.62 MLD, SourceBandharas). The total Capacity of 30 Nos. decentral ised STps wii l be 14.ZOML- The treated waste water will be used for flushing of toilets 3.g3 MLD,and balance 7.19 MLD rvill be stored in holding pondi and will be used forconslruction purposes, makeup water for cooling towers attached to DG setsand HVAC and horticulture purposes. The total quantity of solid r,rrastegeneration will be 70,030. i9 Kg/day. Bio-degradable waste will be disposedat site and also sludge from STP. The manure produced will b-e ,,,""d fo1.horticulture purposes and biogas will.be-used within.tlre township,,The.non-jj.,.rj:::j:,::::,:,:biodegradable wastes like empty bottles, plastic bags etc. will be sold tovendors- The hazardous waste/electronic waste will be stored separately andwould be disposed as per EPA nor-J. The bio medical waste would becollected and would be disposed through authorised agency of MpCB. Thetotal po\/er requirement will be 24O MW. It is targetea to-save energy b1,adopting energy conservation measures including non-conventional .r..gyto target a saving of 28o/o-32o/o. The total cost of the project rvill be n"2,824.OO crores.
8) LCL aiso engaged the services of Remote sensing & GIS wing ofScience & Technology Park Pune, for the purpose of preparation of a contour
map of entire project area in 2oos-2oor. The contour map prepared ancrr-econfirmed r,vith the cor-rtour pattern of survey of India topo_sheets.
iJ,,..",|?l committee noted that LCL has also given rheir commirme't to rhe
(i)
(ii)
All the construction and developmental u,orks wiir be witrri' thespecial Regulations for Hil station dated 26u, November, 1996 anctthe amendments made there under from time to time uncrerMaharashtra Regional & Town planning Act, 1966 and the DCR,s ofthe SPA.
All the Govt. orders by.Urban Developmentar Department (uDD),Govt. of Maharashtra will be followed ^in
all J".r.top-ental rvorks.All the standardized buildi'g byslzws and Developmert co'trorRegulations for 'B'and 'c'craJs Mu'icipal counciis of Maharashtrawill be followed.
(iii) The Hill station Regulations and the subsequent permissions n,iilcontinue to be followed in toto incruding the land use, slopes, ilreFSI and the number of storyes. The perririssions 'uvherever requiredwill be taken and rvilr approach the appiopriate authoritl, underLaq' for any interpretation of deverop*.r, i"orr,rr i "*-".
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(iv) All the areas falling within slope steeper than 1:3 will be excludedfrom anlr sql16ing construction. The contour map prepared and re_confirmed uv t19 above agencies will be followed in identifvi.g theareas fatling within sropes steeper than r:3. Alr;;-;;;s failingwithin slopes between 1:3 and 1:5, building construction u,ill becarried out with stiit preferably. Hill cutting would be avoided as far.,,.,, ",....,,..,=,A$*pqs.Eihle^ _
(u) The areas falling within water bodies would be exciuded from thetotal area in the computation of Global FSI.
(ui) All the Rules 1n{ Resulations under,.onvironmental protection Act,1986, wa!3 polrution
{prevention & contror } Act, Lg74 & AirPollution (Prevention & Control) Act, 1981, Bio-medical waste(Management & Handling Rules), 199g, Hazardous u,aste(Managemenl F -I"".9ring)_Rules, 2003, Municipal solid waste(Management &. Tlandring] Rules, 2oao, The trnvironment ImpactAssessment Notification, iooo / 2oog *ih n. folrowed strictlv.
All the directions of Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. ofIndia, Government of Maharashtra and Maharashtra polrutionControl Board will be followed in letter
""a "firit.
(vi i i ) Al l the condit ions of the agreen-rer-l t nith Maharashtra l{r ishnaValley Developrnent Corporation (MKVDC) u,ill be follor.r,ed ir-r regardto the s[orage of u'ater in banclharas ancl the discl-rarge of u,ater inextra ordinary circumstances in down strearn areas. permissronsu,ill be sought from MKVDC for construction of an1, acictitionalbandharas- Measures wil l be aciopted for the enhancernent ofaquatic flora and fauna r.n ithir-r the bandharas.
(ix) The entire project area will be cleaned and checked before the on-set of mot-lsoon so that the run-off is devoid of any pollutanl frornnon-point sources.
(x) Heary metals concentration to surface and ambient air urould beclosely monitored during construction phase and at least 3 ).earsthere after folloived by the monitoring of all aspects as per EMp. Nochemical pesticides wilr be used in the project area.
(xi) Solid rvaste segregation and installation of bio-gas plalt andorganic rvaste converter unit for bio-degradable ,0,".t. and sluclgefrom STP- The bio-gas produced and the manure rvill be usedu'ithin project area. The bio-medical waste will be outsourced to tireapproved agency of MPCB and will be disposed u'ithin 48 hours.The hazardous rvaste vi'ill be sold to approved re-refiners registeredwith CPCB / MPCB.
(xi i) instal lat ion of sound proof D.G. sets and stack height as per EpAnorms will be followed.
(xiii) Mass tree plantation will be carried out withir-r the proiect area andthe target is to plant a total of 1O.O Lakhs trees. pianiea trees ni i lbe protected and maintained for their survivai.
(xiv) Holding ponds to store the treated water from srp u,ould beconstructed to store the excess treated waste water in rainy days.The--tr.ansfer.-of-sewage-will be through DI - Kg and RCC - Np3pipes and the treated sewage transfer by DI-K9 pipes only. In caseof road - crossings, use of RCC pipes will be avoided or sufficientcasing n'ill be provided.
(xt) Treated waste water from STP from the project site u'ill only be usedto raeet construction requirements. Recycling of treated waste rvaterfor flushing, horticulture purposes and cooling tower make-up soas to achieve zero discharge. The fresh water from bandharas willonly be used to meet the non-flushing requirement. No srp ortreated water storage pond will be constructed near the water
3:$::: j:Jitt"'ion of De-centralized srp,s distributed in rhe e'tire
(xvi) Installation of Efficient sa'itary fixtures for reduction a'dconservation of rvater' The globar sooa pr"ctices for conservatio' ofwater will be adopted.
(xvii) All the slope protection and soil erosion contror measures r.till bestrictly follou,ed. The excavated/ cut earth r,r,1l be storedscie'tifically to prevent any erosion a'd to avoid sirtation in theurater body. The excavated earth *ili t;-;*ed for randscaping, roadconstruction, bdck fili, as a building mate.iar and arso il_r. excess;:11 iltj,::
disposed onlv in the idJntiried dump v";r. .,"r,u rrom
(xviii) The quarries and the cr-ushers within the site would follow allnorms and the abandoned quarries will be converted aslakes/playgrounds in the landscape creveropmentar pran.(xix)
lnffiiff:,::{,'ilmi:? and the seasonar ambie.t air quaiitl,
(>"x) Proper transport and traffic management plan will be folro,"vedspecially in traffic i'tense rr""" --i;^;,,^:'1'^,_Y_itt ue
i;-' I " d i;s M u I t i Le ve I . "'-'o"?i.""" ;u I tlt H;. t;lT,X-, f; I " i'.".1";;
(xx-ti) , Lgqa]_lj{ 4vai.labLe_.br+ildigg materials wiil be usedcernent concrete utocls mixea *i*. prrash will beused.
(xxi) All energi conservationwill be followed.
measures as per MoEF norms and ECBC
for construction.locally made and
(xxiii) flrffi*::ring
measures as per National Building code of rndia will
(xxiv) ffiJ:s?:tary
a'ocation made in EMp and Monitoring pran
(xxv) The social obligations to the .local villagers with respect to theirhealth, education, employment opportunlry and their dwe[ings w'rbe complied.
(xxvi) The emergency rescue preparedness plan w'r be adopted.
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i0) Tire deliberations of the Committee inter-al ia covered the matters rr-rthe earl ier minutes of the expert appraisal committee meeting held on I lr i ' -12tr 'Ma-\ '20l l (past miuutes enclosecl for ease of reference) in part icular thedetails received from state Government of Maharashtra r-egarding thecompliance of LCL u'ith regard to the hill station clevelop*.rri policy andregulations, requirement of Non-Agriculture (NA) approval and colstructionon MKVDC leased land etC. Tire cletails sent by ih. pri,r.ipal Secr-etary,Department of Urban Development, Govt. of Maharashtra dated 9u' May,2orr were also discussed. A brief point-n' ise detai l is as under:
i) Hil l Station Policy:-
The Government in urban Development Department videNotification dated 26Ll' November, 1996 has modified the sanctionedRegional Plan of Pune District to include Special Regulations forDevelopment of Tourist Resorts/Holiday Homes/Torvnships in Hil lstation TYpe Areas under the provisions of sectio n 2o$) of theMaharashtra Regional & Town planning Act, 1966. As per thesanctioned policy of the Regional pian, slopes r,r'hich are steeperthan 1:5 are not allou,ed for development. However, theGovernment of Maharashtra vide its Notification No.Tps-1806l2o3/cR-434106luD-13, Tr t June, 2oor modi f ied theRegulation No.22 of Hil l Station development and development o1slopes, whicl-r are as steep as 1:3. The derrelopment contemplatecl,horvever', shall in no case involrre the cutting of the mountains.
The development/constructions in hill station area are regulatedand allou'ed according to Annexure-A as mentioned in RegulationNo.26 of Hil l Station Policl ' .
Subsequently, the Government of Maharashtra vide NotificationNo.TPS-1807 /L544lCR-82I l07 IUD-13, 28tr, February, 20OB hasinserted a note that " with pior approual of the Gouentment, globalFSI o/ deuelopment shall be considered sector-wise and shall be
-.-"..---used.'- in-..-tlte...--safile-. -.sector--ii..- .Accordingly, the Government ofMaharashtra vide letter No.TPS- ISOB / 449 I CR-93 I 08/ UD- i 3, 7tr',April, 2oo9 has given approval to allow giobal FSI sector-wise.
The Lavasa corporation Ltd., the special Planning Authority videtheir letter dated 29t], March, 2oLL had comlnunicated to theGovernment that they have sanctioned as Special planningAuthority an FSI of o.06 i.e. on a buildable area or os1 hectares,41.57 hectares of buildable area has been sanctioned.: The aboveFSI has been worked out on the entire area of 681 hectares, but itis necessary to work out the global FSI on the
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
developable/buildable land, which means that the areas which are
FSI' It will, therefore, rr.- r-r.".""..y@i"r pra'nirgAuthority to demarcate the areas ,ut-,.r-. the slope" i.. steeper than1:3, get the same verifred. ril;g;';le Direcror of TLw. planningand then calculate. the gtlua FSI on the basis ofdevelopable/ buildable land onlvl
ii) Water availability:_
The LCL vide their application dated 29th october,2001 had requestedfor permission to construct 8 Bandharas in catchme't "..."^
or varasgaondam and 2 Bandharas on 'allas.follou,ing w;; r,rrard (i.e. in Konkan area).Permission to construct g Bandhara. #." firr"r-, by MKvDc vide letterNo.414B dated 2gtrt May, 2o02.- The ,to..g.-capacity of 2 Bandharas invarasgoan submergence is 8.04 Mm3 ^.,E io.o: Mm3 of remaining 6Bandharas i' catchments of varasgaorl d; As per- clause No.1o ofagreement B.o4 Mm3 water is to^be ieleas.d t; LCL in varasgaon dam asper the demand and instruction of water Resou..es Department every year.The permission to utilise 66.63 Mm3 water is given b), MI{VDC videletter No'6843
$ate{ 27m August, 2002. The rvater requirement for LCLconsidering projected populaiion of 2.55 lakh rvith standard norrns (17sItr '/capitalday) shall oL io-s Mm3. As per water Resources & Investigationcircle, Pune report vide retter No.1465 oateJ zz.a April, 2oo2 there is,.#m:il;t1r3-',;,fi"
in i{hadakwasla ,y.i.* at 7s% dependability to
lt;i:o"S:::.r, :-'1,1."1*"^i. 16..3^4rn3 and batance yietd avaitable is178'13 Mm3. Hence ir wiu nor affect the utiliz;#" rffi;"J#L3fi
3T, .:l:* :". 3: _1. ;; .r1 e{ ffi 5il;* il l. i: Ji "#:'' 'o'3lH,lj yll?:js s il ;i;i'*il, u ti**,lr 3i"T,l1?, If; l''if e O U i r e m e n f n f f : a r r q a o ^ i + - , ^ ^ - ^ , , r r
, iiT'ii;$: f ffi;, :A::1 H:r f n r x t - c f r a a * l - - l - ^ L : -down s tre "L i.,if .tio n u se n", in.". *tii I.'i'il:-"ffi Si:: i"jlfiHl,?:tffjr:?:iii) MKVDC land leased:_
The land ieased to Lavasa cr,rnnqnr/ ci,,o- L-. rf,rzr,^^provisions or MKVDC Act, t#,3:,',ril:,Til flT", Jt,.K:?.:#;rt:;leased land is executed on dated -?3,o s.pi.*u. r, 2oo2 for a period of 30(thirby) years' The total leased land is 141.i5 ha out of which r2g.Tgha landis under submergence of varasgaon and only 12.g6 ha land is out ofsubmergence.
As Lavasa is authorized as SpA b), the State Government, Lavasa haspermitted the construction of building & structures on leased land in their.yur isd ic t ion.
ir) Special Planning Authority:-
On the request of Lavasa City corporation, LCL has been declared asSpecial Planning Authoritl' (SPA) for the area under tireir jurisdiction nnderthe Section a0(1)(b) of MR & TP Act, L966 vide Government Notif icationNo.TPS-LBOB/449lCR-493/08lUD- l3 dated 12d. June, 2OOB wi th cer ta incondit ior-rs. As per the regulation No.2B of the Hil l Station DevelopmeptPolicy, Development Control Regulation of C class Municipal Councils shallbe applicable mutatis mutandis except those expressly provided in thePolicy. Also, while granting status as a SpA; the Government hasincorporated certain conditions as below :
Conditions No.2 - "The SPA has no right to grant any rela>ration in thepresent DCR applicable to notif ied area."
Conditions No. 5 - "The SPA shall follor.v the DCR and the provisions ofsanctioned regional plan and amendment made to it from time to time. Alyviolation in DCR and provision of regional plan shall be liable for legal actionby the Collector, Pune."
v) Requirement of NA approval:-
As informed by the Govt. of Maharashtra regarding the requirernent ofNA approval for layout and building plan even if approved b1, SpA, it ismentioned that:
"The person who has intended to change the use of land, shouldobtain the NA permission as per section 44 of MLR code 1966. As per theHill Station Policy Regulation No.25, hill station development shall be treatedas an industry. As per the policy Regulation No.20 of Hill stationdevelopment that being an industry shall not require NA permission, but asper Section 44 (A) (2) of M.L.R. Code, L966 where permission is required for.b.onafide-, in.dustrial .user.-they,.shall, be.required to give-iratimatisn of.the dateon which the change of user of land has commenced within 3O days fromsuch date to the Collector."
Lavasa City Corporation as SPA has not communicated within 30 daysthe change of use to the Collector-
vi) Approvals by SPA and submission to the State Government:-
As stated above, the Government has granted SPA status to LavasaCity Corporation vide Notification dated 12.6.2008 with certain conditions.The relevant ones are:
a) All development permissions granted b1, the SpA shall be brought to
ffi;T[H:t"tt' Pune within a period or 3 monrhs from the date of granr
it is seen that turo permissions given by the special ptranning Authority ha'ebeen brought to the notice of aDTp, after a period of two years.
b) The provisions of Section 11_5 and other provisions of the said Act shallbe fully applicable to the said notified area.
It \vas expected that the special Planning Authority would prepare thepla'ning proposal (Development plans and Deveropment controrRegulatio's) before sanctioning th9 development of the various sector-s,which does not seem to have been done. Now, the Lavasa corporatio' haspublished planning proposal and DC Regulations on 2l"t Apri l ,2O1I. Tir isw'ill now go a through a process of public referendum through hearing ofobjections & suggestions and final sanction by the state Government.
11) senior officer from Maharashtra Krishna valley DevelopmentCorporation (MKVDC) also attended the meeti.rg to assist the committee inthe appraisal process. Trre details presented in the meeting are:
(i) overali water availability based o'last 2o years data:
water Resources Dept- of Government of Maharasrrtra acquire dairl,data for all the reservoirs in the Khadakwasla system for everyyear. The data for the last 20 years is available rn ith the Deptt. Thewater availability study for Khadakwasla system was carried out inthe year 1993 based on earlier 2o y*." data. This study wascarried out by central Design organisation, Nasik which is a nodalagency to carry out hydrologicar studies for various basins. The9"1,F1- - P.9.="-t=g+ _ofgglig-1_tion, Nasik -vide_ ._ rheir tetterNo.GDO.GO.rr.7 r aatea r6.'i:93 submitteif a;adrt-ro; trra-;e;lsaar LrcrLc( l ru-r .yJ suDmrtted a report lor tyield study of Khadakwasla Irrigation project ctmprex.complex. According
; ; ; ; . ; ; " ' ; 1nKhadakwasla lrrigation project complexls as below :-
Khadakwasla Damyield includes thedependable yield for
is at the down stream hence TSo/o d.ependableyields of other dams also. So, ifr" TSo/o
Khadakwasla complex is LO42 MM3.
75To Dependable yield (MM3Khadakwasla Dam
329.71423.267105.45
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water consumption for pune city, present and projectecl for 20)/ears:
At present the rvater consumption by pune ciqy is 398 MM3 (14.o2TMC)- The stanclard water use for present population of 4O lakhsrn'ith standard use of 175 litres lcapita/day is expected at the levelof 255-46 N4M3. Projected use of rrvater after 20 years shall be for thepopulation of 7o lakhs. with standard use of 175 iitres /capital d,aythe urater requirement for drinking shall be 44T MM3.
At present Pune city is sanctionect 328.33 MM3 of u,ater fromIihadakwasla complex and 9.92 MM3 from pawana Reservoir.Thus the total sanction is 338.25 MM3 as against this the presentLlse of Pune Municipal corpn. is about 398 MM3. The puneMunicipal Corporation has also requested for additional water fromBhama - Askhed Dam in another valley. The water Resources Dept.is planning to accord the sanction for 51.28 MM3 of water from thisdam. Thus the total sanctions which shall be immediately availablen'ith Pune Municipal Corpn. rn'ill be about 389.53 MM3. The futurerequiremeret after 20 years shall be about 442 MM3. Thus after 20years there wil l be shortage of 447 - 389.53 : 57.47 MM3 which wil lbe met by diverting irrigation rvater to domestic.
water avaiiabilify for irrigation purposes present and projected 20)rears:
At present from the Khadakr.t'asla System the irrigation wateris provided for new Mutha canal and Janai - shirsai schemes.Present plan use for Khadakwasla canal is 440.56 MM3 and forJanai - shirsai Lift Irrigation scheme is ra2.o6 MM3, Temgharreservoir irrigation use is 7.09 MM3. Thus the total planned use is549.71 MM3. However, due to more use by pune Municipal corpn.in place of sanctioned 328.33 MM3 the water used by the pune
- .Munierp.al--Cqppn,.-in--t-he.year..-20.0.8=.0-9- -and..2o-O-9_l0..is-ab.o.ut,3g3.2T . " -MM3 and the present irr igation use is about 360.41 MM3.
while sanctioning the higher quantities to pune Municipalcorpn., it was instructed as a part of agreement that 6 TMC (17o.1MMs) of water shall be treated and recycled for irrigation purposeby delivering the'treated water into existing canal system.
i 1) Member Secretary informed the EAC about the Status of Court casespending in the Hon'ble High Court of Bombay. The next date fixed in thematter is 15h June. 2OII .
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12]l After examining the details submitted by LCL and the informatio.made available by Govt- of Maharashtra and iiscussions rvith the seniorofficers from the departments of Torvn Planning and MKVDC of StateGovernment, the EAC concluded that:
( i) The constructions/development carried outha) was carried out without obtainingClearance under BIA Notification 1994 asalso EIA Notif ication 2OO6.
in Dasve sector (68l.2Tprior Environmental
amended in 2004 and
(ii) The development/coustructions rrrere started without exarnining theenvironrnent issues e.g. siope analysis, soi l investigation,physiography, georogicar, hydrorogical and geographical details andother vital parameters.
(iiil The above constructions/ development are a violatio' ofEnvironmental (Protection) Act 1986. The violation has to be dealtas per oM No. No.J-Lror3/4Ll2oo6-rL. l t ( t ) dated 16f t November2oLo. As per a(i i) of the above oM, LCL shall submit a rvri t tencommitment u'ithin 90 days, in the form of a formal resolution fromBoard of Directors of the company or to the ManagingCommittee/CEO of the Sociefir, Trust, Partnership/individ"Lffyorvned concern for consideration of its environment relatedpolicy/plan of action to the Ministry to ensure that violations of theEnvironment (Protection) Act etc. shall not be repeated. Further asper 4 (iii) of the. OM, the State Government shail be informed forinitiating legal action.
(i") The scale and intensity of development of the hill town shall be asper Hill station Regulations and shall be revised based on-developable-/*""--bu-ildable-.-.area,- - A.-*-elear--'demarcation of .nodevelopment/ construction zone/
- aretr--;h;ii 6J ictenlifiea
comprising of (a) all water bodies (b) forest lands/forest like landsand (c) areas steeper than 1:3. The developabte/buildable areasshall be verified through State Government/Director Town planningand the calculation of FSI shall be made accordinglSr.
The FSI calculation shall be rvorked out separately based on landuses and shall not be ave.1-_as3d for the calculaticn of FSI.
As far as possible, no hill cutting, digging, excavation, or any otheractivity involving generation of soil or its use or its transporlation/disposal will be carried out-
(")
(vi)
(vii) The water conserved through bandharas shall be used for potablepurposes only, putting lesser burden on the main warasgoan
reservolr. For al l other secondary purposes, the treated uraste u,atershall be used rvith dual plumbing system. Decentral ised treatment(and reuse) of waste urater shall be built into overall water/ r,vasteurater planning.
(viii) There shall be a provision for discharge of rvater frorn thesebandharas as and r.l'hen required by the Irrigation dept. other thannatural over flo',t' in the rrronsoor-t season to meet the waterrequirement of dor.r'n stream areas i*cluding pune city.
(ix) Sediment and organic loading through runoff to the bandharasduring rrronsoon shall be checked and computed moreconservatively to assess the u,ater quality.
(x) Continuous ecological monitoring of all the water bodies includingbandharas within the project area shall be carried out and suitablemitigation measures shall be adopted. Appropriate measures shallbe taken to restore the aquatic flora and fauna in the water bodies.Suitable fish species shall also be stocked based on the soil andr,rrater quality and in consultation with fisheries experts.
(xi) There shall be no discharge of any kind of effluents from anyfacilities, including the treated waste water, from the srp / ETp.The entire treated n'aste water from STP/ETP shall be recvcled.
(xii) The surface water qualities shall be monitored at all the locationsshown in the EIA Report, for pH, BOD, COD, Lead, Cadmium,Mercury, Chromium (VI), Arsenic, Nickel, Cobalt.and Iron on sixmonthiy basis and the reports shall be sent to MoEF and MpcB.
(xiii) Effluent Treatment Plant (BTP) shall be installed for treatment ofthe iiquid effluents generated from the Hospitai. Ail the other
"Fi_opg.4_t9-ql w?s-tg_g g--e_le_L+qed fro_m thg h_qgp!-ta1 glrel_l b-e- qg-n!, .within48 hours, to the common Biomedical waste Treatment Faciiitvindicated by the MPCB in the authorization issued under theBiomedical Waste (Management and Handiing) Rules, 1998.
(xiv) The cleani'ng of all the open/covered facilities, including pavements,walkways, etc. rvhich are not connected to se,wers, shall berestricted to only sweeping and there will be no rnrater washing ofsuch facilities.
(xt) The sludge generated in S.T.P's shall be suitable managed. Suitablesanitation measures must be adopted while pumping raw sewage.
{xvi) The Hazardous wastes, namely used oil and electronic *raste r,rrill 5.stored in close containers under a covered shade/room a'd sold totre reclrslgr. registered with trre cpcB / spcB as per theHazardous waste (Management and Ha'dling) Rules, 2o0B aftertaking authorization required under these Rules from theMaharashtra pollution Control Board (MPCB).
(x'ii) The soil quality shall be monitored at all pla5,grounds (lncludi'gthose of schools, colleges, etc), gardens, parks and la,urms and forLead, cadmium and Mercury on six monthry basis and the reportssltould be sent to MoEF and MpCB.
(xviii) A detailet ::lr:me?r gral rel-ared ro pre'ention of so' erosionand loss of road side prantation shalr be delineated.(xix) Tl-re ambient air qn"tity shall be moniio.ea at all the rocationsshown ir-r the EIA Report for the relevant parameters on six mo.tl-rlybasis and the reports shall be sent to naopp a'd MpcB.
(xx) Regular air pollution monitoring shall be done around the hot mixplants/stone crushers to know their adverse impacts (if any) due tothese activities. The locations shall be decided only after trreconsultation with trre Maharashtra polution control Board.
(v'xi) The energr consumption should aim to target minimum saving of atleast 28-32Vo by adopting energ,, conservation metfroa* irr"ludi'gnon-conventional eners/. All thJcommercial u"ilai"s. "i"il
adhereto the mandatory ECBC code.
(xxii)"-The-intensity-of'-educational/--health facilities shall be developedkeeping in view the requirements of rocais/ tourists and withoutmuch stress on environmentar resources in the ilgil;.;oJr.r._.
(xxiii) All thecarried
construction of roads and rerated infrastructure shat beout following the relevant IRC guideiines/proi"..f".
Road safety auditing of the various roads/road section shalr becarried out- Further, based on the safety "rJitrr.g
report, varioussafety measures (improvement in the gelmetric design, dispray ofsign Boards, speed rimits etc.) shall be implemented. Further,contingency plans to deal with ioad traffic mishapsTaccidents etc.shall also be clearly delineated with the budg.r;; ariocation.
(ruil'; Use of the (appropriate) less polluting road construction techrriques(e-g- Cold Mix technology for bituminous roads etc.) shall be used.Further, use of locally available road construction materials(including marginal materials) shall be used after detailed technicalstucl ies in consultation n i th local authorit ies.
(xxvi) A n'ell rvorked out disaster management plan (fire, accidents, landslides, earthquakes etc.) for the entire township shall be prepareclrvith provision for emergenc5r evacuation routs, space for assernblyand other measures.
(xxt'ii) LCL shall submit within 3 months their policy towards CorporateEnvironment Responsibi l i ty (CER) u'hich should inter-al ia address(i) Standard operating process/ procedure to being into focus anyinfringement/ deviation/violation of environmental or forestuorms/conditions, (ii) Hierarchical system or administrative orderof the Company to deal with environmental issues and ensuringcompliance EC conditions and (iii) system of reporting of noncompliance/r'iolation environmental norms to the Board ofDirectors of the company andf or stakeholders or shareholders.
(xxviii) As part of CSR programme, LCL shall conduct need basedassessment for the nearby villages to study economic measuresr,irith action plan which can help in upliftment of poor section ofsociet5r. Income generating projects consistent with the traditionalskills of the people besides development of fodder farm, fruitbearing orchards, vocational training ete. can form a part of suchprogramme. LCL shall provide separate budget for communilydevelopment activities and income generdting programmes. Thisshall be in addition to vocational training for individuals impartedto take up self employment and jobs.
(xti*) At least 5o/o of the total cost of the project shail be earmarkedtowards the corporate social responsibility and item-wise detailsalong with time bound action plan shall be prepared and submittedto the Ministry's Regional Oftice at Bhopal. Implementation of suchprogram shall be ensured accordingly in a time bound manner.
A high level Verification and Monitoring committee shall beconstituted with inclusion of eminent experts, representatives of
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MoEF and Distr ict Administration etc. The committee shall examineverify and monitoro p e ra t i o n ) o r'r e o,"j " :,' rJ::T;, a iil'""r,fiTJ;:i;,, ll,L",l. _* l;provisions sha' be made to the satisfaction of the co*mittee.
(xxxi) LCL sl-rall submit inecessary/adequar.rft :.x!5:TT:r-j.ffi T:1T,,,"","0-ilTlJfregarding the quantum of penalty/i-compense and creation ofEnvironmental Restoration Fund.
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(xxxii)other conditions as stipulated by MotrF/ other State agencies ofState Government shall also be .o.mpii.a wiilr.
rn the aforesaid. factual mat.x and, noting pendencg of somefssues of M/s LCL befori Hon'bte High coii of Bomba.g, the committeerecofftmends the proPosq't for Enuiinmentar crearance with the aboaeconditions for strict "o*ptionc-e and. accepta.nce of conditions at (iii),(x-rvii), (xxviii), (xxix), (***j and {xxxi) risted. q.bove.
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GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA
No. Lavasa -20i 1 ICR-47 lT C-1Environment Department,Room No. 217 (Annex) , 2no f loor ,Mantra laya, Munibai - 400 032.Date . 20 ' " Ju ly , 2011
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The Special Secretary.Ministry of Environment & Forests,Govt . o f Ind ia,Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex,Lodhi Road.New Delh i .
Subject: Action to be taken as per letter dated 10.6.2011regarding development of Hil l Station Township.
Dear Si r ,
Kindly refer to the letter mentioned above in which the undersigned
was directed to init iate necessary action under the Environnrent (Protection)
Act 1986 against violations in an area of 681 H by the Lavasa Corporation
Ltd. On receipt of the letter, the matter was referred to the Principal Secretary,
{y\ Law & Judiciary Department for legal opinion as the Department of\ - / l I/^ ' / / Environment wanted to confirm the appropriate course of action. This was\-/ // . / r ,
/ .4 t ( because of the pendency of P lLs in the Hon'b le Mumbai High Course.. L / l t _ -_t . 4 I
^.1(.(r$/( (_ l '?. The Law & Judiciary Department, Government of Maharashtra has
\'t I opined that "lt is advisable for the Environment Depart to make a reference to
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the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Union of India and obtain Ministry of
Environment & Forest's clar:ification and take-appropriate aetion after bringing*".,-.".-,'..:!1-::i:.::-.::-,:
the facts to the notice of the Hon'ble High Court in the pending l it igation". The
Law & Judiciary Department has opined that " in view of the pendency of the
Writ Petit ion No. 9448 of 2010 as evident from the amended order dated
5.4.2011, the issue about applicabil i ty of the E.l A. Notif ication 1994,2404
and 2006 have not been resolved. Considering the facts and circumstance,
chronology of events and specif ic pleadings raised by the peii t ioner about the
non-application of 2004 and 2006 Notif ications for the development of 2000)
f i-ectare land before the authorit ies and also the observations of Hon'ble High
Court at para 12.of Order dated 22.12.2010 and further litigation raised by
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M/s. 'LeLand sub- jud ice issues and the prov is ions bonta ined u/s 16 of theEnvironment (protection) Act, 1986, i t is advisabre for the EnvironmentDepartment to make a reference to the MOEF, Union of India and obtainMoEF's clarif ication, and take appropriate action after bringrng the facts to thenotice of Hon'ble High Court in pending l i t igation,,.
Meanwhire i lre matter was heard in the Hon'bre Mumbai High court on12.7.2011. our iawyer in formed the Hon'bre High cour t that the s tateGovernment had not acted on the letter dated 10.6.2011 rn view of the factthat clari f ication was requested for regarding the action to be init iated. Thelawyer drew the attention of the court to the pending pl ls and soughtclarif ication from the Hon'bre court. The Hon'bre High court directed thelawyer that the state Government may crarify the issue with the Ministry ofEnvironment & Forests
You are requested to provide guidance in the matter
Yours faithful ly,
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Proceedinqs of the hearing held on Sth August. 2O11
M/s Lavasa Corporation Ltd. (LCL) vide their letter dated 12e July,
2OLL has requested the Ministry that before an order imposing any pre-
condit ions or condit ions is passed, they should be given personal hearing
in the matter as that may result into adverse civil consequences for
them. Accordingly, Ministry has constituted a three Member panel to give
them personal hearing on 5ft August, 2OIL. The members of the panel
are:
i) Dr. (Mrs.) Nalini Bhat, Adviseri i) Dr. (Mrs.) P.L. Ahuja Rai, Directori i i ) Shri Bharat Bhushan, Director
Lavasa Corporation Ltd. was represented by the following:
i) Shri Rajgopal Nogja, Group Presidenti i) Lt. Gen. S.K. Jetley, (Retd.) Sr. Vice President, HCC
iii) Shri Bodupali, Sr. Vice President, Legaliv) Shri Suresh P. Pendharkar, Chief Plannerv) Shri Raj Mhatre, Executive
2. During the hearing, LCL stated that they have submitted a letter
on 12ff July, 20lL in response to the Ministry's letter dated 27h June,
2OIl wherein MoBF has directed LCL to submit a written commitment
with regard to pre-conditions for issuance of environmental clearance.
They further stated that they have submitted another letter of 27h July,
2OIL, in which they have submitted some commitment on some of the
pre-conditions and requested that an appropriate decision may be taken
without waiting for the oral hearing scheduled on 5tt' AugUst, 2OLL- A
copy of the MoEF letter dated 27b J:une,2AIl is annexed at 'A'.
3. At the outset, it was clarihed that the hearing is only limited to the
request for consideration of five pre-conditions as informed by the-'Miriisfry-in-theiilettei
dated 27th-Junq 2OtI and no other issues would
be discussed.. M/s LCr, agreed to this framework and gave a signed
documents on Sft August, 2011 such as the resolution of the Board of
Directors along with a self-contained note on different pre-conditions.
4- The panel noted that some of the clarihcations stated in the letter
of 27*. July, 2ALL are in departure of their earlier letter of I2e July,
2OIL, wherein heading and text are different and asked that whether the
letter of 27:*' July, 2OIL supersedes the earlier letter of 12h July, 2011.
The representatives of LCL informed that letter of 27u July, 2OIl is the
final letter and 12m July, 201.1letter may be ignored and confirmed that
27u Jwly, 2Ol1 letter supersecles the 12ft July, 2OLL letter. They further
stated that the 27le JuIy, 20 I I letter should be read u'ith the Sft August,2OII submissions. A copy of the letters of 12ft July, 2OLL and 27h July,2OLI submit ted bv LCL are annexed at 'B 'and 'C ' .
5. LCL further stated that as directed by MoEF vide letter dated 27&June, 20LL informing the pre-conditions before the issue ofEnvironmental Clearance, they have submitted point-wise details.
Pre-condit ion { i l
The constntctions/ deuelopment carried out till notu are in uiolationof Enuironmento.l {Protection) Act 1986. The uiolation has to be dealta"s per OM No. No.J-L1013/41/2O06-tA. II(I) dated 16th Nouember2010. As per aft) of the aboue OM, LCL shall submit a writtencommitmerut utithin 9a days, in the fonn of a forrnal resolution fromBoard of Directors of ttle companA for consideration of ifsenuironntent related policy/plan of action to the Ministry to ensurethat uiolations of the Enuironment (Protection) Act etc. shall not berepeated.
In response to the pre-condition number (i) of the letter of 27ifiJune, 2OLL, M/s LCL submitted a response vide its letter of 27u July,2OIL. In reference to pre-condition (i) it is stated that:
You are aware that we have filed a writ petition in the HonbleHigh Court of Bombay, being Writ Petit ion No.944B of 2010.The said writ petition relates to the Ministry's Show CauseNotice dated 25. 1 1.2010. The said Writ Petit ion was extensivelyheard by the Honble Bombay High Court and at the time of thehearing, the Additional Solicitor General on behalf of the
- Ministr-5r ' made-.detai- led submissions. On 22.I2.2OLO, theHon'ble Bombay High Court, inter alia passed an order andobserved as follows:
Para L2.of the Judgement:
"We are satisfied. that .the issues raised. bg the Petitionersregarding applicability of tte Notificatiotns referred. to hereinaboueis required to be considered, and it would not be appropiate toaduert of this stage to the merits and de-ments of tte argumentsaduaned bg the respectiue parties-
It is therefore evident from the aforesaid Order of the Hon'bleHigh Court of Bombay that the issue of applicability of the EIANotifications and their alleged violations is under considerationof the Bombay High Court.
a) .
b) .
c). lt may also be noted here that the counsel for the State of
Mahaiashtra had also stated on L2-O7-2OlL, during the
hearing on the matter in the Hon'ble High Court, that the
marteJ of the applicability of the EIA Notifications and the
alleged violationi are already under the consideration of the
Honible High court, and hence the question of taking any
action by the State Government does not arise'
d). On the basis of the above, we humbly request till a decision is
finalized by the Hon'ble High Court, we are unable to submit
compl ian"" " t
per o.M. dt . 16.11.2010. We wi l l ab ide by the
Hon'bie High Court's decision in the matter'
M/s LCL also submitted during the hearing a certified true copy
of the resolution passed by the Board of Directors of LCL at its
meering held on 25L July, ZOtt in Mumbai. The copy of the Board of
Directors resolution is annexed at 'D'. According to the above Board
of Directors resolution the company resolved that -
i) the MoBF is of the view that the constructions/ development in
Dasve sector (65I.27 ha) was carried out 'uvithout obtaining prior
Environmental Clearance under EIA notification 1994 as amended
in 2OO4 and also EIA Notification 20A6, although the Company
maintains that no prior environmental clearance was required
under the said Notifications. However, in response to the
precondil ion no.l of the letter dated 27e J]u.ne, 2o11, Company
will ensure that all provisions of EP Act' shall be scrupulously
followed and violation of the Act (if any), as averred by MoEF, will
not be rePeated-
ii) in case any approval is required from MoEF, for any o[ our
projects, our company will approach MoEF for obtaining necessary
clearances and construction of the project(s) will be initiated as per
Thecompany'sconfirmed
6. LCLunder:
iii) the Compi-ny has in place environmental related policies/plan of
action and the same has been placed before the Board.
panel noted that the resolution doesenviroament related policy/plan of action
that they would submit within thr.ee months'
also submitted the response to the other
not includewhich M/ s
theLCL
pre-conditions as
Pre-condi t ion ( i i l
The scale and intensitg of deuelopment of *Le hill town shall be asper HiIl Station Regulations and shall be reuised based ondeuelopable/ buildable a.rea- A clear dernarcatiort of "nodeuelopment/ construction zone/ area" shall be identifiedcompising of (a) aII water bodies (b) forest lands/forest like landsand (c) areas, steeper tlwn 1:3^ The deuelopable/buildable areasshall be uerifted tlvough State Gouernment/ Director Town Planningand the calanlation of FSI shall be made accordiruglg. Nodeuelopment shall be taken up in areas steeper than or equal to 1:3.
LCL commitment to precondition (ii)
We hereby undertake/commit that the scale and intensity of thehill station town would be as per hill station regulations. It is inthe process of reviewing the layout plan of the area based ondevelopable/ buildable area. Further a clear demarcation of "nodevelopment/ construction zonef area" would be identified basedon the contour maps which would indicate {a) all the water bodies(b) forest lands/forest like lands and (c) areas steeper than 1:3. Wefurther undertake/confirm that the development q'ould beundertaken only on the developable/buildable area. The mapshowing developable/buildable area will be submitted to the StateGovernment/Director of Town Planning. We ','"'ill get the sameverified by State Government/Director of Town Planning u'ithin 90days.
Precondit ion ( i i i )
The FSI calculation stLa.Il be worleed'.out:.:segtaratelg:based::pn:land.-uses arud shall not be aueraged for the calculation of FS/.
We herby undertake/commit that the FSI would be worked outseparately based on land uses and as per hill station regulationsand shall not be averaged for the calculation of FSI.
Precondition fivl
At least 5% of the total cost of the project shall be earmarked"towards the Corporate Social Responsibitity fCSR/ arud item-wisedetails along with time bound action plan shall be prepared andsubmitted to ttrc Ministry's Regional Office at Blnpal
Imp lemen ta t i ono fsuchprog ramsha l l beensu redacco rd ing l y inatime bouttd manner-
As regards the pre-condit ion No' ( iv), LCL stated that ' to the best of
t t r e i r know ledge ,nosucn*cond i t i onhasbeen imposed rvh i l egranting environmental clearances to any of the constructronf area
development projects in the country' Moreover' atl the activities
l i ke roadcons t ruc t i onne two rk l r ' i t h i n thep ro jec ta rea ,iru.r,rportation facilities and other amenities for the villagers,
construcling nevn' houses 'for the villagers' hospitals' schools' all
types of soil erosion control activities' pollution control'
afforestation measures etc. are under the ambit of corporate social
n."po.rribiiity in vierv of the aforesaid parameters of corporate
Soc ia lRespons iu i r i t y .Wep lace fo ryou rk indcons ide ra t i on the fac ttl-rat we have already spent crores
-of .,.p"." by rvay of discharging
ou rCo rpo ra teso . i " tRespons ib i l i t yand - fu r t he rcommi t t ed tocontinue the same. It is requested that whatever r'r'e have spent
should also be included in the earmarked amount ton'ards out
Corporate Social Responsibility activiV' The details and
phoiogr.phs of the same in compliance of our Corporate Social
Respons ib i l i f yac t i v i t yhavea l readybeensubmi t t eddu r i ng theEAi meetings. Further LCL committed that:
LCL commitment to precondition (ivl
we hereby undertake/commit that 5 o/o of the project cost (i'e.', 5 %
o f thecos to f t hep ro jec t f o r2000ha (Phase I )asmen t i oned inou rapp l i ca t i on )wou ldbeea rmarked to r , va rdsCorpo ra teSoc ia lResponsibility (csR). This earmarked amount is being utilized
r,r.ithin the project aiea over the period of the. developmental phase
of the project. ltem-wise allocatibns along with,time bound action
plan wouta Ue submitted' in 3 months from the date hereof'
Pre-condi$q1$
LCLsha t l subm i tonunde r tak i ng / commi tmen t t oea rmarknecessary/ ad"equate furuds as per report to be submitted shortly
regarding the' quantum of-fenaltu/i"-"o*ptnt" and creation of
Eiu iro nme nt aI Re s t o r atio n Fund'
LCL response to Pre-condition {v)
with regard to pre-condition (v) as mentioned in Ministry's letter'
MoEF has constituted. an expert team to look into the details and
to suggest the Environment restoration fund. The said expert team
is yet"Io release their findings. We would like to request you here
that we may be given an opportunity to examine the findings of thecommittee in the context of what is required to be restored. LCLfurther committed lhat:
LCL commitment to precondition lv)
We herby undertake/commit to earmark reasonable funds for anyenvironmental up gradation. If required on perusal of the findingsof the expert team as and w.hen they are made available to us. [t isrequested that we be given an opportunity for such a perusal andexamination of the findings.
7. LCL further stated that they are undergoing a great hardship,suffering and are on the brink of collapse and disaster and requested theMinistry to issue an environmental clearance of the first phase of lheproject urgently.
8. It was noted that submissions to various conditions by LCL signifythe wiliingness of the company to comply rvith stipulations except thefirst condition relating to violation. IL r,r'as noted that this issue onapplicability of EIA Notihcations of. 1994, as amended in 2OO4 and EIANotification, 2006 to the Hill city project is sub judice in the Hon'ble HighCourt of Mumbai in the related writ petitions and IAs thereunder.
9. After submissions of the details on pre-conditions, the hearing wasconcluded.
Adviser Director
pW; - @yv-(Nalfni Bhat) (P.L. Ah{a Rai) rat Bhushari
Director
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Written Submissions of Lovqso lbrporotion Ltd. submitted to the
Hon'ble Ponel durinq the heqri j rq on 05.08.2O11
We ore grofeful to MoEF in const i tut ing this Hon'ble Ponel for o personol heoring in
response lo our request doted '12.7.2A'r I . The heoring wos sought by us in response
to your let fer doted 27.06.2011, wherein MoEF hos directed us to submit the
commitments with regord to the preconditions for issuonce of environmenfol
cfeoronce. In this connect ion, further to our let ier doted 27'h July,2O11. we would
l ike lo submit the fol lowing for the kind considerof ion of this Hon'ble Ponel:
1. At the or.llsel we would lii<e to clorify thot vide our eqrlier submission doted
27.7.2011 oddressed fo MoEF, we hod informed MoEF thoi we did noi desire
orol heoring os the rnotter in the Hon'ble High Court of Bomboy wos fo come
up for heoring on 29.O'/.201 l, which wos before the dote of heoring given by
MoEF. As we ore unCergoing greot hordship, suffering qnd ore on the brink of
collopse ond disoster, we in the interest of time hod mode the obove request
f l r inking thot fhe lvtcEF would consider our wri t len subrnission ond poss on
order occordingly. The motter in the Hon'ble High Court ot Bomboy hos been
odiourned to 10.08.2011. Wewould l ike to ogoin rei terote thot every possing
doy is pushing u:. to finonciol collopse, which would hove rippling effecf on oll
the slokehc,lders including public sector bqnks ond finonciol instifutions, who
hove lent io the tune of obout Rs.2000 crores to the proiect ond would leod to
drostic ortd irleporoble civil consequences.
2. Thot Jhe ghgoing conslruclion octivity for ihe development of hill stotion
township proiect neor Pgne, Mqhoroshtro wos stopped by MoEF, vide its order
dored t 7,0t.ZOt 1, stoting thot the proiect is in violotion of EIA notificqtions
1994/2O,A4 ond the EIA notificotion of 2006.
3 . Thot chol lenging the oppl icobi l i ty of EIA nol i f icot ion ond the obove order of
MoEF, we hove f i led o Wri t Pei i t ion in the Hon'ble High Court of Bomboy ond
ofter the primo focie sotisfoction of the motter, the Writ Petition wos odmitted
by t l re Hon'ble High Court .
Meorrwhi le. to br ing on end to the imposse, we opprooched MoEF vide our
fetter doted 25-1-201I ond MoEF wos kind enough to consider our proiect on
meri l for the First Phose (2000 ho). This decision wos communicoled to us
v ide MoEF's le t te r do ted 28 .01 .2O1 I .
5. ln r€sponse to the soid letter, we hove submitted Form l, Form lA ond oll
other relevont documents to MoEF on 2.O2.2O1 I for opproisol .
6. The Expert Approisol Committee (EAC) during its vorious meelings opproised
the proiect ond concluded thot the proiect is environmentolly susfoinoble, ond
lros recommended to MoEF for environmentol cleoronce.
7. The MoEF hos submitted the recommendotions of the EAC to the Hon'ble High
Court of Bomboy ond olso stated thot the environmentol cleoronce would be
issued ofter meeting the preconditions.
B. The MoEF direcied vide letler doted 27.06.2011 stoting the preconditions for
complionce ond our response to the" preconditions 2 fo 5 were submitted to
f he MoEF on 27 .O7.201 I, which we ogoin reiterote. A copy of our submission
doted 27.O7.7011 is onhexed hereto os Annexure"A". In response to fhe
precondition no.l, i.e. resolution from the Boord of Directors os required
under the Off ice Memqrondum doted 16.11.2010, the some is onnexed
hereto os Annexu re "B" for your kind consideiolion.
9. ln oddition to ihe cbove, we humbty ogoin submit thot every possing doy is
leoding us to the brink of disqster ond the impocl due to deloy in stort of work
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ond issuonce of Environmenlol Cleoronce is mentioned herein below for your
kind considerot ion:
o. Compony is incurr ing loss of Rs. 2 Crores per doy ond os on dote hqs lostoboul 350 Crores ond opportunify loss.
b. Finsnciol l r rst i tut ions ore gett ing i i t tery due to lhe long possoge of t ime { 9months) in obtoining Environmentol Cleoronce ond stori of constructionwork.
c. The Compony is on the br ink of f inonciol col lopse ond os o resul l is indefoult of poyment of interest to fhe Bonks. We hove requested the Bonksto extend time for poymenf of interest foiling which Lovoso will be decloredos o Non Perfornring Asset by the Bonks-
d. Vorious portners ore now thinking of withdrowing from the Proiect, whichwi l l entoi l huge monelory losses ond civi l consequences.
Customers ore demonding refund of monies invested by them, foilingwhich they ore threotening lo initiole legol oction.
About 25o/o of the employees hove resigned from the Compony, qs o resultthe Compony hos lost huge humon resource.
Third porties like controctors, moteriol suppliers etc. ore olso incurringlosses ond ore becoming impotient, which moy leod to multiple litigotions.Some letter of distress oddressed by the controctors ore hereto collectivelyonnexed os Annexure oCo
As construction -'worle-.hgsnl'l--,sfgrdgd:',$gfqg6.:,r61ng6f::::6f :.:rn:opsoorl:::.ffig:
incomplete construc,tion work is exposed fo the peril of the weother gods,the incomplete construction works is getting domoged ond will result in ohuge monetory loss.
More thon 7000 workers hove been rendered unemployed.
The livelihood of the locol populofion hos been odversety offecled ondmony of them'hove been rendered unemployred due to close of business in
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the proiect oreo. some refter of distress oddressed by the vifrogers orehereto collectivefy onnexed Annexure ,,C,,
k' The imposse moy resurt in huge ross of Notionor weorth os pubric secforBonks hove lenf more thon Rs.2000 Crores fo the project.
l0' we would olso like to submit for your kind considerotion rhe public benefits offhe proiect:
o' Lovoso will be o world-closs city ond o prime tourist destinotion in India. ltsnoturol sefting in the hiils of sohyodri mountoin ronge (wesrern Ghot), its,60 km long roke front, ond mony recreotionor ond rourism octivities wi'offer o new rourism destinotion. About 2.r mifrion rourists per onnum wirlbe served by Lovoso by 2015.
b' The existing hit stotions such os Mohoboreshwor. ponchgoni ond Motheronin the Mumboi -pune region ore experiencing heovy congestion ond st.jnon their infrqstrucrure' Lovoso is expected to eose the situotion byotfrocling fulure growth of fourisfs.
c' Aport from tourism ond recreotion, Lovoso wiil hove other economicocrivities such os hospifority, educorion, heorfhcore, retoir, *r*or.h onddeveropment, rr ond rrEs which wit provide new emproymenfopportunities for obout gTOOO persons.
d' A city pfonned for 2 rokh poputotion, r rokh iobs ond voriefy tourism,"o::*-i snd orher octivifies wifr herp rerieve pressure of demond for suchocrrvrtres in Mumboi ond pune ond offer o new get_owoy destinqtion forthe ospiring young populotion
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econonric, sociol ond environmentol sustoinobi l i tv. l t wi l l therefore oct os o
model for developmenl of hi l l stot ion.
Being clossi f ied in Zone C of the Tourism Pol icy. 2007 ond port ly in Zone
D+ of the Industr iol Pol icy- 2AA7,lhe not i f ied oreo of Lovoso is si tuoted in
one of the most bockword ond inoccessible porfs of Mohoroshtro. Lovoso's
development wiil generote new economy in the region ond will tronsform
economic ond sociol condi i ions of locol populot ion through creot ion of
new iobs, ond high quolity sociol ond physicol infrostruclure,
Being developed entirely by privote sector, Lovoso will qdd physicol ond
sociol infrostructure worth more ihon Rs.5000 crores wilhout ony burden
on the Stote exchequer-
Lovaso will not be o goted city. but will be open fo oll stroto of society
including the locol v i l logers.
Entire lond in Lovoso wos purchosed from willing sellers ol morket price
ond through negotiotions- Lovoso therefore enioys overwhelming supporf
of the locol v i l logers.
Under Lsvoso's scR policy. locol villogers ore being provided iobs, woter,
ond free educotionol ond heslth focilities snd where their houses ore'offected bythe- deve-lopment;-ttrey.huve-'beelii'lirotided'free'fid0Clii6 .ohd
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with more thon 60 % of Lovoso iobs being in middle ond lower income
groups, Lovoso will be on inclusive city where housing ond sociol
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l ' once Lovoso is complered ond operofionot, if will contribute huge revenueto the Locol' stofe ond centrql exchequer through direct ond indirect toxespoid by i ts populot ion ond businesses.
m' The l2'500 ocres of lond of Lovoso when developed snd sofd wil generoteo stomp dufy revenue of obout Rs. 2l 78 crorefor rhe stote Governmenf-
n' Finonced, deveroped ond monoged entirery by the privote secror, Lovosowit demonstrote new models of f inoncing, deveropment ond monogemenrof new cities in Indio. rt wit herp in votidoring or reshoping potiry ondevelopmenf of privote cities in Indio.
I l ' In view of the oforesoid, we would like to request the Hon,bre poner to kindfytoke o sympothetic view of our cose ond issue environmentol creoronce to ourproiecl ond occord us permission to carry ouf the construclion onddevefopment work of fhe eortiest by toking into considerotion our submissions,fhe environmenlor sustoinobirity of our proiecr os recommended by frre EAC,our suffering for fhe lost 9 rnonths, interest of oll the stokeholders includingpublic seclor bonks ond finonciol institutions, the proiect of lorge. huge fossesincurred by us ond the drosfic irreporobfe civir consequences thot wi1 forowon our collopse.
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CERTIFIED TRUE COPY OF THE RESOLUTION PAssED BY THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS OF LAVASA CORPORATTON LIMITED AT tTs MEETING HELD
ow 25'" - luty. 2ot t lN nnunneAt.
The Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) issued Show. Couse Notice
(scN)(Protect ion) Act, l986 (EP Act) to the Compony ol leging violot ions of the
Env i ronnrento l lmpoct Assessment no t i f i co t ions o f . |994
os omended in 2004
ond superseded in 2006.
Upon t l re receipt of the soid scN, the compony repl ied to MoEF on 2B'r '
November 20- |0 ond f i led o wP No. g44B o f 2o l0 deny ing the o l legot ions
ond t l re Hon'ble Higlr Court , Bomboy odmitted the Wp.
B y o n o r d e r d o t e d l 7 ' h J o n u o r y , 2 o 1 l , M o E F c o n t i n u e d t h e s t o t u s q u o o n d
directed thst no'construct ion oct iv i ty be undertoken. The soid order further
stoted thot, toking into occount the submissions mode by t l re Compony,
employrnent generoted, investments olreody mode ond third porty r ights
olreody occrued, MoEF is prepored to consider the proiect on meri ts.
--Ttre-comForit;'fifed-onctTh€ti-wp-Nb:-BrT'bt z0l-l-in Hoii'6te-Hiijti'-Courr,
Bomboy chol lenging the Order doted I 7 'h Jonuo ry, ZO:71 .
On 25 'h Jonuory 2011, the Compony submi t ted o le t te r to MoEF fo r f ind ing on
end to the iniposse ond offered without prejudice, suggest ions for Mo€F's
cons idero l ion . MoEF by i t s le t te r do ted 2B 'h Jonuory 2011 in fo rmed tho t i t
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wos prepored fo consider the motfer of giv ing environmentol c leoronce toPhose I (2000 Ho) o f the pro iec f .
The Compeny, os per poro 2r {c ) o f the order do ted rz ,h Jonuory ,20r ' lconrpl ied wit l r the direct ions issued by MoEF. Furfher. in cont inuot ion to i tsle t te r do ted 25 'h Jonuory , 20r r & MoEF's re t te r do ted 2B,n Jonuory , 201 rsubmitted oppl icot ion for phose l .
The Compony ottended 5 opproisor meetings before the Expert Appraisol'Committee ( 'EAC') of rvoEF ond providecJ ol l the required. infgrmotion soughtby the EAC' The EAc concluded thot the proiect is environmentol ly sustoinobleond t l rerefore recommended the issuonce of Environment cleoronce to thel ' ' Phose (2000 ho i .
on I 5 'n June, 20 r r rhe MoEF f i red i t s o f f idov i t in the Hon,bre H igh o t Bomboystot ing thot Ministry hos occepted the recommendotions of EAC ond i t wourdissue the Environmentol c leoronce subiect fo compl ionce of the pre-condi i ionsmentioned therein ond these pre-condif ions were communicoted to thecompony vide i ts ret ter doted 27,t , June,20l I for cornpl ionce.
As per fhe letter d oted 2.r'h June, 2e11,o resorution of the Bosrd,oF.Directo.sof the Compony js to b€ mbmitted in response to the pr".o.,ditio., ,,o. I ondthis is bosed on the off ice Memorondum dored r 6,h November 2or 0 of
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Af ie r d iscuss ions fhe Bosrd possed the fo l low ing reso lu t ion :
Reso lved tho t :
the MoEF is of the view lhot t l re consfruct ions/development in Dqsve sector
(681 .27 ho) wos cqr r ied ou t w i thout ob to in ing pr io r Env i ronmento l
C leoronce under E tA no t i f i co t ion 1994 os omended in 2AO4 ond o lso EIA
Not i f i co t ion 2AO6, o l though t l re Compony moin to ins fho t no pr io r
environnrentol . c lecrqnce wos required under the soid Not i f icot ions.
However, in response to the precondit ion no. l of the let ter doted 27'h
June, 201 l , Compony w i l l ensure tho t o l l p rov is ions o f EP Act sho l l be
scrupulously fol lowed ond violot ion of the Act ( i f ony), os qverred by MoEF,
wi l l not be repeoted.
in cose ony opprovol is required from MoEF, for ony of our proiects, our
compony wi l l opprooch MoEF for obtoining necessory cleoronces ond
construct ion of the proiecf{s) wi l l be ini t ioted os per the cleqronces.
the Compony hos in ploce environmentol reloted pol ic ies / plan of oct ion
ond t l re some.lros been ploced before the Boord.
4. ony one of the Director or Mr- A Venkoteson, Compony Secretory or Mr.
Arun Bodupol i , Sr. Vice Pr.esident- Legol of the compony be ond ore hereby
severol ly outhorized fo issue cert i f ied true copy of this resolut ion.
Certified True Copy
For Lovoso Corporot ion Limitedn/^ r l! j.r"*.-L;YIt2:---Arun Bodupol iSr. Vice Presidenf- Legol
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By emoil/Hond delivery
12i l ' Ju{y, 201 I
To,
Tlre Direcfor,Ministry of Environment ond Forests.
Governmeni of Indio.Poryovoron Bhovon,
CGO Complex, LodiRood.
New De lh i - l l 0 003.
Kind Attn: Mr. Bhcrot Bhushon.
Sub: Environment Cleoronce for Lovoso ProjectFi le No.2l -9 l2O1 l - lA-l l l
Deor Sir,
Ir lo. Bl I of 20l l on beholf of Union of Indio ond the letter doied 27n,June. 201I
-i,ssued to us inierolio stoting ihot before issuing the Environmerrtol Clecronce" t
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fV/V)4(der, Conditions specified therein were required to be complied witlr us. We\ 11 --''l ' ^ hove still not received ony order os contemploted by the provisions of the
It{- Environmentol (Protection) Act. 1986 gronting cleoronce to the Lcvoso projeci- f \ \ \}o,a;1n witlr or wilhout ccn-ditjons. F-rom fhe leno[-e!,,1h.-g,,,sqid,-offid-g]lit ,il,i$,cleg(,,,tftoJ.,,--.
, / t ( l I ' .' l ' ' complionce of these conditions ore sought to be imposed os o condition
precedent for issuonce of o cleoronce order. ln reply to the oforesoid we hove
to sfote os under:
We submit thof before cn order imposing ony pre conditions or conditions
is possed, we should be given personol heoring in the niotter os the some moy
result into odverse civilconsequences for us.
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We ore in receiot of the cffidor",it doted lSth June. 201 I fi led in Writ Petition
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Tlre pro",isions of lhe Environmenf (Protection) Act, lg86 crnd the rutes
fromed thereuncJer do not corrtemplote imposition of crrry conditiorr for ilre
gronf of Envirorrmentcl Cleoronce. Thus, suclr pre condit ions would 5e wi l rout
ony outhori ty o[ low,.
Witl-tout prejudice to the obrove contentions, we further submit thot in orryevent no suclr conditions of the noture specified in the soid offidovit or theoforesoid leiter can be inrposed on us interolio for the followirrq reosons:
condition No.l - credible ocfion on ihe violction bv the stote
Tlrese conditions connot be imposed os the some purport lo conclutlethe issue os regords the olleged violotion of environmentol low. In our WritPetitons, we hove interolio roised the following contentions:
o' The Notificotions in question ore ultro vires the Constitution oi lnrjictond olso the Environment (protection) Act.
.l986.
b. ' 1n ony evenf; the Lovsso project is ,not covered ,b,tu. -on\:.CIf..i:lieNotificotions in question.
We furfher submit thot in ony event, obtoining environmentol clearcnce isnot o condition precedent for storfing the project in question. Environmentc!Cleoronce con olso be gronted post focto
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Accepfirrg fhese conditions would imply tl-rot we occepl hcving violcted
the lor.v of llre lond. By irnposir-rg these conditions."we ore being coerced ir'tto
occept ing violot ions ond t l rereby ir-r f r inging our Const i tui ioncl r ig l ' t ts including t t re
r ight of legoldefence in l l re proceeding directed to be irr i i ioted ogoinsl us.
It is submilied tlrot the MOEF in the soid conditions is insisting thof we
odmit violotion of Environmenfol lcws ond undertoke not to repeot the some in
fulure os o condit ion precedent. We connot give ony suclr cdmission or
underioking, os the some runs counter to our bosic contentions. Tlre some would
tonfomount to odmission of guiit ond would leove us with no defence in the
oction direcfed to be initioted ogoinst us. ln other words. ttris omounts to
coercing for self incriminotion.
2. Condition No.3 - The scole ond intensitv of development of ttre hill
town sholl be os per the Hill Stotion Regulotions ond slroll be revised bosed on
develoocble/buildoble oreo. A cleor denrorcoiion of "no
develooment/consiruction zone/oreo" sholl be identified comprisino of (_o) oll
woter bodies (b) forest londs/forest li l<e londs cnd (c) creos steeoer thon l:3. The
developcble/buildoble oreos sholl be verified thror-rgh Stoie qovernment/
Director Town Plonninq ond the colculotion of FSI sholl be mode occordinglv, No
development sholl be token up in oreos steeper thon or equol to l:3. The FSi
colculotion sholl be worked out seoorotelv bosed on lond usoge ond sholl not
be overoged for fhe colculotion of FSl.
ln respect of this condition. we hove olreody submitfed mops
showing the development octivities on o slope steeper fhon l:3. We hove olso
submitted the slope onolysis ond the method of determining tlre 1:3 slopes in the
Hill Stotion oreos. The condition requiring disclosure of oreo steeper thon l:3
stonds comptied olreody. We hove submitted these documents right from
December. 2010 ond/or during the Committee's visit on sife. Some of these
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documenfs were orso submitfed during the EAC,s meetings from lime to 1ime.Inspite of the cforesoirJ, rhis condition is put up requiri.g us to prepore o pronofresh which exhibits o totol non opplicotion of mind ond orbitroriness we hoveolreody occepted thot no clevelopment octivities con be corried ouf on forestlonds' lt wcs olso exploined thoi the forest ronds do nof form port of the Hillstofion oreo' rhe some is token core of by Hillstotion regulotions itself. As reqcrrcrs
existing woter bodies. the some ore otreody defined.
Ihe requiremenf of No Deveropment in oreos steeper thon or equolfo l:3 is o conlenfious issue ond requires odjudicotion. lt is noi odjudicoied yef byony outhority' rn ony event, the soid condition does not rerote to ony of theNotificofions in question. we hove orreody mode it creor ifrot we ore not corryingout ony buirding construction in oreos steeper thon r:3 ond we ore orreody incomplionce witl-r the some' The soid foct wos pointed our ecrrrier cs srctecj
-T::: :_ol"*t we objec*o rhe condition of "no deveropmenr in oreos ecruorl" r'r inere ts no outhority of low to impose such condiiions nor is flrere; onyjustificotion for the some. The expression ..development,.
lros to be construerj tomeon only building construction ond slrould not incrude roods or other bosicinfrostrucfure requirements or deveropment rike gorden oreo deveiopnrenf,recreotionol oreo development etc.
*re condition thot the FSr corcurofion sho, be worked ouiseporotely bosed on lond usoge ond sholr not be overoged for the ccrlculotio'"l fll il l9-l'-9-gp.gpioble ond the some is orso o contentious issue Lc;c;i;iririg-rcdjudicotion by the oppropriote oufhority. rne queiiion or-rSi r -i.,oilv ,:,iJexclusively within the power ond outhority of the stote Government ond ilsinstrumentolities under thg provisions of Mohqroshtro Regionol ond rowirPlonning Act. The centrorGovernrnent hos no rore nor ony outhority to give onysuch directions or the monner of corcuroting the FSr. The preporotion of pron ondgeffing it certified from the Director for'Town pronning is orso equory withoutouthority of low.
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3. Condit ion No.4 - At leosi 5% of the totol cost of the proieci s lrol l be
eornrorked tov;ords tlre Corporote Sociol Resoonsibilitv (-CSR) ond item rvise
deloi ls olonQini i t -r t ime bound oct ion olon shol l be oreoored ond shol l t re
submitted to the Ministrv's Reqionol Office ot Bhopol. The implenrentotion of
such progromme sholl be er:uured occordinglv in o time bround monner.
In respeci of the obove condition, we submit lhot there is no outhority of
low to impose suclr o condition. The concept of Corporote Sociol Responsibility
lros io be voluntory ond you connot force us. In ony event. the 57" of the totol
cost of the project moy be o l-ruge omounf ond connot be imposed upon us.
Nzloreover. the condition is ex facie orbitrory os there is no method in lov,r ton a l n - - i ^ ^ + l - ^ ^ ^ ^ r ^ f l l - ^ . - - ^ ; ^ ^ l ^ ^ - : ^ r Luerer nrn,e ine cost of the project nor is there ony method indicoied in the soid
letter to determine the cost of the project. The concept of Corporote Sociol
Responsibility is not yet defined or recognised by low. Therefore. to penclise us on
this counf is unocceptoble. We would olso like to know the bosis ond the
colculotion for orriving of the figure of 5/o of the project cost. lt hos olreody been
demonstroted to you thot substontiol expendiiure hos olreody been voluntorily
incurred on vorious Corporote Sociol Responsibility octivities.
4. Condition No.5 - Lovoso Corrrorotion Limiied sholl submit on
undertoking/commitment to eormork necessory/odequote funds os per report
to be submifted shortly regordinq the quontum of oenoltv/recompense ond
The condition No.S is olso not occeptoble os there is no outhority of low to
impose ony penolty/compensotion/contribution towords Environment
Restorotion Fund. In ony evenf, we hove not violoted cnir environmentol low. This
condition is olso ex focie orbitrory os the letter does not indicotsthe monner of
colcuteiing the Restorotion Fund. the onotysis orrived ct by the MoEF. if ony, in
respect of purported Environmentoldomoge, there is olso no onolysis in respect
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of monner of colculcrt ing l l-re quontum vis o vis in the ncture of
domoge, etc. witt-rout grrejudice fo tire obove. unless the omount of
reconrpense/penolty is quontified. the question of imposing it os o pre
of giving on open ended underloking connof orise.
purponeo
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condit ion
All the oforesoid contentions need o detoiled personol heoring. Tt-re
contentions roised ore in the nqture of preliminory objections to these
contentions ond we reserve our rights to file further submissions.
Thonking You,
Yours sincerely,
For Lovo/o Corporotion Lid.(Authorised Signotory)
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M i l i s t r y o f Env i r onmen t and Fo res t s (MoEF) rece i ved by us
in r esponse t o ou r l e t t e r da ted 12 .7 .2O11 i n wh i ch we had
sough t a hea r i ng f o r mak ing subm iss ions i r r r ega rd t o t he
p recond i t i ons se t ou t i n t he M in i s t r y ' s l e t t e r da ted 27 th - June
2Q11 . We a re g ra te fu l t o t he M in i s t r y f o r g i v i ng us t he da te
o f 5 th Augus t , 2011 f o r t he above reques ted t r ea r i ng i n
respec t o f t he sa id p recond i t i ons . Howeve r , you a re awa re
tha t t he nex t da te o f hea r i ng be fo re t he Hon 'b l e H igh Co r - : r i .
of Bombay i s on 29 th Ju ly 2011 , wh ich i s be fo re the da te o f
the hear ing g iven by the MoEF. We, the re fo re , i n add i t i on
to our le t te r da ted 12 .7 .2011 , a re a lso send ing fh is le t te r
wh ich con ta ins the de ta i l s o f wha t we in tend io subrn i t
be fo re the MoEF a t the t ime o f the hear ing . We a lso subnr i t
tha t based on the a fo resa id , ou r case may be p rocessed
fu r ther fo r appropr ia te dec is ion w i thou t wa i t i ng fo r the
above ment ioned hear ing schedu led on 5 th Augus t , 2011 .
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i ) As rega rds p recond i t i on no . ( i ) r e l a t i ng t o t he a l l eged
v io l a t i on o f t l r e E IA No t i f i ca t i ons on oL l r pa r r , \ ^ / e
subn r i t as f o l l ows .
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You a re awa re t ha t we have f i l ed a w r i t pe t i t i on i n
the Ho r r ' b l e H igh Cou r t o f Bombay , be ing Wr i t
Pe t i t i on No .944B o f 201O. The sa id w r i t pe t i t i on
re l a tes t o t l r e fM in i s t r y ' s Show Cause No t i ce da ted
25 .11 .2010 . The sa id Wr i t Pe t i t i on was ex tens i ve l y
hea rd by t he Hon 'b l e Bombay H igh Cou r t and a t t he
t ime o f t he l r ea r i ng , t he Add i t i ona l so l i c i t o r Gene ra l
on be l r a l f o f t he M in i s t r y made de ta i l ed
subm iss ions . On 22 .12 .201O, t he Hon 'b l e Bo rnbay
H igh Cou r t , i n t e r a l i a passed an o r c j e r i i i i , . j
obse rved as f o l l ows :
PARA 12 OF THE JUDGEMENT' fuWe are saf is f ied that fhe issues raised by the
Pet i t ioners regarding appt icabi t i ty of the
Not i f i ca t ions re fe r red to here inabove is requ i red
to be cons idered , and i t wou ld no t be-
a:ppio;iiiate to
and de-mer i ts o f the arguments advanced by ihe
respect ive part ies."
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2.
I t may a l so be no ted he re t ha t t he counse l f o r t l r e
S ta te o f Maha rash t ra l r ad a l so s ta ted , on 12 -07 -
2011 , du r i ng t l r e l r ea r i ng on t he ma t te r i n t t r e
Hon 'b i e H igh Cou r t , t l i a t t he ma t te r o f t f r e
app l i cab i l i t y o f t he E IA No t i f i ca t i ons and i he
a l l eged v i o l a t i o r r s a re a l r eady unde r t t r e
cons ide ra t i on o f t l r e Hon 'b l e H ig l r Cou r t , and l r ence
the ques t i on o f t ak i ng any ac t i on by t he S ta te Gov t
does no t a r i se .
d . On t he bas i s o f t he above , we l r umb ly r eques t t i l l a
dec i s i on i s f i na l i zed by t he Hon 'b l e H ig t r Cc { . r i t , ! , , , e
a re unab le t o subm i t comp l i ance as pe r C .M . r j t .
16 -11 -2010 . We w i l l ab ide by t he Hon ' i . i i u i i ; i - ; i :
Cou r t ' s dec i s i on i n t t r e ma t t e r . h- - -J
Our commi tn ren t t o P recond i t i on ( i )
The app l i cab i l i t y o f no t i f i ca t i ons and i s sue o f a l l eged
v io l a t i on i s unde r cons ide ra t i on o f t he Hon 'b l e H ign i : cu r " t
o f Mumba i , and comp l i ance t o t he dec i s i on o f t he l l a * " r ; i , , :
H igh Cou r t ' s O rde r does no t need .any .ee ! . n l n i tmen t , .
As regards p recond i t i ons nos . ( i i ) and ( i i i ) , we subr i i i t I ha t
we are consc ious o f our respons ib i l i t i es and here t r . r , , , r r r - ' t , r r t . ,
ou r commi tment to comp ly w i th the sa id p recond i t i ans .
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Our commi tment to p recond i t i on ( i i )we l re reby under take / conrn r i t tha t i l re scare a .cJ in tens i t yo f t l re h i i l s ta t io r r town wourd be as per h i i l s ta t ionregu la t ions - l t i s i n the p rocess o f rev iew ing the rayou tp lan o f the a rea based on deve fopabre / bu i rdabre a rea .Fur ther a c rear demarca t ion o f "no c leveropnren t rcons t ruc t ion zone ra rea" wourd be iden t i f i ed based on theconrour maps wf i i c r ' r wourd ind ica te (a ) a i l i l i e wa te r bod ies( t r ) ' f o res t l ands / fo res t r i ke rands and (c ) a reas s teeperthan 1 :3 - we fu r ther under take / con f i rm tha t t t redeve lopment wourd be u .der taken onry on the deveropabre/ bu i ld ab le a rea . The map showing deve topabre / bu i idab le a rea w i , be submi t ted to t t re S ta te Government iD i rec to r o f rown p rann ing . we w i , ge t the same ver i f i ec iby S ta te Governnren t / D i rec to r o f rown p rann ing w i th in g0days .
Our commi tment to p recond i t i on ( i i i )we hereby under take / commi t tha t the FSt wourd beworked ou t separa te ry based on rand uses and as per h i t l.t-lutjg,l...t..9g-yl?.ligtr!,-?nq_ _9h.alt n-o-[ .b.e- .a-v-er_ased far theca lcu la t ion o f FS l .
As regards the p recond i t i on No . ( i v ) , we b r ing to y ,su r k inc jno t i ce tha t , to the bes t o f ou r knowredge , no ,such cond i t i onhas been imposed wh i re g ran t ing env i ronmenta r c rearancesto any o f the cons t ruc t ion / a rea deveropment p ro jec ts in thecount ry - Moreover , a i l the ac t iv i t ies r i ke road cons t ruc t ionne twork w i th in the p ro jec t a rea , t ranspor ta t ion fac i l i t i es ando ther amen i t ies fo r the v i i l agers , cons t ruc t ing new housesL
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con t ro l ac t i v i t i e s , po l l u t i on con t ro l , a f f o res ta t i on n reasu res
e t c . a re unde r t he a r l b i t o f co rpo ra te soc ia l Respo r r s i b i l i t y .
I n v i ew o f t [ r e a fo resa id pa rame te rs o f co rpo ra te soc ia l
Respons ib i l i t y , we p l ace f o r you r l < i nd cons ide ra t i o r r t t r e f ac i
t ha t we l r ave a l r eady spen t c ro res o f r upees by way o f
d i scha rg ing ou r co rpo ra te Soc ia l Respons ib i l i t y and f u r i l r e r
commi t t ed t o con t i nue t he san re . l t i s r eques ted t ha t
wha teve r we have spen t s l r ou ld a l so be i nc l uded i n i l r t :
ea rmarked amoun t t owa rds ou r Co rpo ra te Soc ia l
Respons ib i l i t y ac t i v i t y . The de ta i l s and pho tog raphs o f i l r e
same i n comp l i ance o f ou r Co rpo ra te Soc ia l Respons ib i l i t y
ac t i v i t y have a l r eady been subm i t t ed du r i ng t he EAC
mee t i ngs .
Our commi tment to p recond i t i on ( i v ]
We hereby under take / commi t tha t Soh o f the p ro jec t cos i
( i .e . , 5o / " o f the cos t o f the p ro jec t fo r 2000 ha iPhase l ) as
ment ioned in our app l i ca t ion ) wou ld be earmarked towards
Corpora te Soc ia l Respons ib i l i t y (CSR) . Th is ear rnarked
anrount i s be ing u t i l i zed and w i t t be UI iUSe-_d. -Wi_ th in th .epro jec t a rea over the per iod o f the deve lopnren ta l phas* c f
the p ro jec t . l t em-w ise a l loca t ions a long w i th t ime t rou l ' i d
ac t ion p lan wou ld be submi t ted in 3 months f rom i l re , - i a i=
hereof .
Wi th regard to p re -cond i t i on (v ) as ment ioned in your le t te r .
you a re aware tha t MoEF has cons t i tu ted an exper t team to
took in to the de ta i l s and '
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7. As you a re aware tha t the s ta tus quo i ssued by the M in is t ry
fo r s toppage o f work i s in fo rce fo r the las t B n ron t l r s and
due to w l r i ch we a re pu t to t remendous loss and i r reparab le
darnage to t5e o rgan iza t ion w [ . i i ch i s lead ing to a s i tua t ion o f
co l lapse-
B. I n add i t i on t o t t i e above rne r r t i oned subm iss ions and
he re t ha t we do no t des i r ecommi tments , we a lso in fo rm
ora l hear ing in the mat te r .
9 . We humb ly r eques t you t o cons ide r ou r subm iss ion
sympa the t i ca l l y t o i s sue us env i r onmen ta l c l ea rance anc j
acco ro uS pe rn l i s s i on t o Ca r r y ou t t he cons t ruc t i on and
deve lopmen t wo rks sub jec t t o t he f i na l dec i s i on o f t he
Hon 'b l e H igh cou r t o f Bombay i n t he wP Nos . 9448 o f 2010
and 811 o f 2011 rega rd ing t he app l i cab i l i t y o f t he F iA
-,." Notif ie-ations- -a,nd-- the--al ' |eged-' vio-lat iot ls": -" W€ once again
reques t : you t o k i nd l y i s sue t he Env i r onmen ta l C tea rance
w i t h t he above cond i t i on .
Thank ing you ,Yours respec t fu l l y ,
For Lavasa Corpora t ion L td . ,
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Smt Jayanthi Natrajan,Minister of State (lndependent Charge)Ministry of Environnrent and ForestParyavaran BhavanCGO Complex, Lodhi RoadNew Delhi
MoEF F i le No. : 21 - 9 | 2011 - l.A.lll : Lavasa Hill Statiort Project
Sub.:- NON ISSUANCE OF FINAL ORDER/ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE BY-MoEFFOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS THOUGH APPRA.ISED ASENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE PROJECT BY ITS EXPERT APPRAISALCOMMITTEE.
Dear Minister:
1. This isfurtherto nry letter dl22nd Aug'11 and various earlierletters-
2. The stop lvork order was passed by the MoEF on 25.11.2O1O and 17.1 ?011. Order dated17.1.2011 includes that the MOEF would be prepared to consi,ler Lavasa Project onrnerits for approval.
3. Accordingly Lavasa submitted a request to the MOEF on 25.1.2011 for considering thecase. The MOEF on 28.1.2011 wrote to us as foflows:
"Having ragatd to the conttnitments expressed by you, Ministry of Environmenf & Foreslsis preparecl to consicler t!rc matter of giving enviionmental ilearance to Phase t of the
.. .......-...ptaiest.sryt:e.ad auer about 2000 ha,.asJo.or*sc-nptete information is ma<le availahle farappraisal of the project, [ncluding the Applicatfan Form. Ttte,Ministry /s a/so prepared toconside( the proigct,.in a nteeting of Expert Apnraisat Committee (Coastat RegulatiortZone & lnfrastructure) at an early date in which you would also be invited and thereafterresuntption of constructiort v,orkivitl be considered.
I/us rssue with the approval cf the Compelent A.uthority.'
4. Accordin$ly. we applied to MOEF for their approval on 7.2.2011.'The Expert AppraisalCommittee (EAC) held five rneetings in this regard and recommended in meeting dt 31uiMay'2011 that Environmental Clearance be granted to the said project with certainconditions
5. Tlrere is an Office Menrorandum dated 16-11.2010 which is retied upon by MOEF forconsidering the approval to proposals involving violations of the Environment ProtectionAct or EIA Notification or CRZ Notification. This is universalty applied to alt projects whereviolation is purported
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The l\4oEF howerrer, while going beyond the recomnrencjations of the EAC, by its affidaviti r t Bornbay High court dated 15.0.20t1. souglr t to i rnpose pre-condit ion, 1t : i i ime inhistory of MoEF) to be sat isf ied by us and the state of Maharashlra Sefore grant of theEnvironmental Clearance- The four discrirninatory pre-fondlfions rvhich were notenvrsaged even in rhe MoEF retter dated 28.1.2011 aie as foi lows:
(a) credible action on the violation by the State Govenrment of Maharashtra underthe Environment protection Act 1g86
subrnission of a written cornmitment by us in the fornr of a fornral resolutionfronr Board of Directors of.the company that viorations of the EnvironmentProtection Act etc. shail not be repealed '
(b)
(c) atleast 5o/o af the totat cost of the Project shall be earrnarked towarcjs lheCorporate social responsibitity-
(d) provision of an Environmentar Restoration Fund.7' we say that according to oM dt 16.11.2010. only condit ion (b) above could be envisaged.The other pre-conditions are not even envisaged in ,uspect-;i il"Jili"on erolects.Hor'vever. discriminatingly, the above conditions"*eru irpt*ed. lt has been found by usthat in respect of four other sinrilarly situated pro;e"i", ile nqogp has not imposed theabove pre-conditions and in facl has treated the projects with different standards than us.The following projects [during April 2011 to June zolriirili prove the discrimination:
PROJECTACTIVITY
ALLEGEDVIOLATION
STATUS OF THEENVIRONIIIENTAL CLEARANCE
L&T TechPark Pvt.Ltd.Constru. oflT Park
Construction:slarted
AkshaySathpathyaPvt. Ltd.Redevelop.of Slums
Constructionstartedwithoutoblaining.- -..-:CRZ'*''- '"-'--
Clearance-
AHR Prom& Dev Pvt.Ltd.Constru. ofGroupHouConstruction
j startedwithoutobtaining ,-Brioir-:'-"'
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approvalunder EIAtlotification
LavasaCorporation Ltd.
Constructionstarted withoutobtaining prior:approrratunder EIANotification
OF Bird AirportHotel PvtLtd.Hotel Pro.lect HillStation Project
I tvithouti obtaining-Pnol:''.-----
approvalunder EIANotification
Constructionstar{edryithoutobtaining.,---.'-pri6i - "* ---
approvalunder EIANotification
Not Granted sinceapproval subject toPreconditions;though compliedwith bv us.
Granted on I CranteO on1.6.201 1 i t.a.zott
Granted on f Granted 6n2o-4.201f l0 .O.ZOrr
B' The following would show that each of lhe pre-conditions imposed by the M9EF againstus is a condition'rryhich is non-existent or noi ";;;
;;;;;d against any of the.above four3::i::lJi?ronents (all in the construction field) iuho'r,*u" admitredry viotated the;:l:rn**nr
proredion Acr and have been sra;;; rre inviron*;;;;EH.u*u expost
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LAVASATABLE B : D ISCRIMINATION REGARDING tMPOSIT ION OF ACTION BY STATE GOVERNMENTAS A PRECONDITION.
NAMECOMPANY
PRECONDIT IONTO TAKEACTION BYSTATEGOVERNMENT.
"Resolvecfihat, if anyprojectrequlres priorapproval to becblained fromMinistry ofEnvironrnent &Forest, theCompany willnot undertakeconstruciiort.ofsuch.projecls.. -,.in futurewitrroutobtaining theprior approvalof Mirristry ofEnvironn'lent &horest.-
L&I Tcch ; AkshayPark Pvt. Ltd. Sathpathya
pvt. Ltd.
Simul taneouswiih theintirnation lothe StaleGor,grnment,the
"Resolved that,the Company shallstrictly adhere toand conrply rviththe provisions ofthe Environrnent(Protection) Act,1986 and the rulesand regulalionsrnade there underirr the execution ofthe slum
:rehabiliiationpfoiect of theCompany knownas "MFriammaNagar" and ensu,rethat no violationsare cornmitted inrespect ot tne.project of theCompany.". . . .Companydoesnot, nbr is attegedto have violatedEP Act....
AHR Pronr& Dev Pvt .I t . l
Nocondition ofStateGovernment-action to betaken.
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Corporat ion
Yes.A pre-conditiort isirnposed that untilStete Government! - 1 , ^ ^ ^ ^ { ; ^ ^( d ^ g ) d v t r u r I ,
EnvironnrentalClearance lvouldnot be issued-
Lavasa Corporation Ltd;
No.Intinration tothe StateGovernrnenlis sent,hor.l,ever. it isnot made aprecondition.
Eird AirportHotetPvt Ltd.
No ResolutionOnly anaffldavit r,,ritha t l
un{grtakittgnot to executeworks vrit'houtobtainingenvironrnentalclearance,
''Resolved thatinrmediateactions be takerrto by theCompany toensurecomplianceunder theEn'vironrnentProtection Acland to fornulatenecessaryenvir.onment.--- ,policy to befollor,red so thatoo vlolaiion ofany kind occursunder theEnvironmentProtection Actand its relatedRules andRegulations.' '
'Resolvad that if anyfr,iure project requires priorapproval to be obtainedfrom the f,rlinistry ofEnvironment d Forests(MoEF), the Conrpany willnot undertake constructionof such project withoutobtaining the priorapproval of tvloEF".
2"0 RESOLUTION
.(addilional paragraph)"Hor.rever, in'response tothe precondition'No. 1 ofthe letter dated 27rh June,2011, Company willensure thal all provisionsof €P Actshallbescrupulously folloll'ed andviolation of the Act (if any),as avened by l/oEF, will
Bird AirportHote l PvtLtd.
EnvironmentalClearancewas grantedon tlre same
T,ABI*E C: SUBMISSION OF A WRTTTEN COMMITMENT lN rHE FORM OF A BOARDRESOLUTION TO NOT . 'REPEAT" VIOLATION.
L&T Tech I AkshayPark Pvt. Ltd. I Sathpathya Pvt.
AHR Prom &Dev Pvt. Ltd.
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NAME OFCOMPANY
L&T TechPark Pvt.Ltd.
AkshaySathpathyaPvt. Ltd.
AHR Prom &Dev Pvt. Ltd"
Eird AirportHotel PvtLrd.
LavasaCorporation Ltcl.
v v r \ r v r r A l E I N O N ESOCIAL IRESPONStBtL|TY IFUND. I
NONE hIONE NONE. YES.
T RESTORAT UNDNAME OFCOMPANY
L&TParkLtd.
TechPvt.
Akshay i RttR-pronlSathpathya ,& Dev pvt.P v t - L t r l i t r ' l
Bird AirportHotet PviLtd.
LavasaCorporation Ltd.
ENVIRONMENTRESTORATIONFUND.
NONE NUht t . NONE. NONE. YES
9' We have complied with alt lhe pre-conditions on 5,8-201 1. Hov,rever, still the MoEF is notissuing the Environnnental clearance. tto intornration is being provided by the fr/oEFregarding the status of our Clearance. 'v vv'r'v F
(a) In any case, the ore conditions (ai, (ci and (d) are extraneous to tfie officeMernorandum' condition (a) inilr-*E'ri-t"! Memorandum dated 16.1.r.2010 does notcontemplate the action to be raken by the state govern*unr to be a pre-conditionprecedent for environmental clearance. The MoEF has also ccnstrued it to be so inrespect of other Projects- However. for our projecr, MoEF discriminatingly is insistingthat atl the four conditions shoutd ne treateu ;;-d;;;;oTirnr, wrrhout satisfacrionof which no Environmental cfearan.* r*uJJ or issr"0.'*""i0 our stakeholders be_ j. . . ._.._. ._" ___ wfong when they ask
(b) Are we being vicitmised and discriminated against?(c) ls apprying different yardsticks not a misuse of authority?(d) ls it a deliberate attempt to delay the grant of the Environmentaf clearance when itis obvious that it is causing so much hardship and financiar ross?
10' Despite the EAC recornmendations for grantfng Environmental clearance to our project,acceptance of the same by MoEF ang. dulco*pria".. i"'the preconditions ai stated byMoEF in its refter.dgl.d zt.a,.-iot1,'ir.," stop w;;k il-r issued by MoEF remains inforce since the last 10 monthl, Ju" to which, we are ,;;;g huge losses and irreparabre,l?#iX:"
teading to a situation ;f "orr"p"e.
We rrave OetaitBd this out in our various earfier
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We feel ttrat we are being unfairly and unjustly treated \d-ren other conrpanies wiilr simiiarissues have already been given lheir clearances Even after numerous appeafs, duringthe hearings at the MoEF, apprising thenr about ttre hardships caused to us,' th6Environnrental Clearatrce Order continues to evade us, thouglr our project is appraisedas an environntentally sustainable project by the EAC.
ln vierrr of lhe above, we request the MoEF to provide the environmental clearance to usand ensure that justice is done to us.
Yours faithfutty,