1. NTPC Presentation on Kol Dam Hydro-Electric Project Diversion of 124.054 ha of Forest land of Majathal Wildlife Sanctuary Dtd. 24.06.2013

2. KOLDAM (4x200 MW) – A Quick Snap Shot Environmental Clearance to HPSEB accorded : Aug 1989 ( With Wildlife involvement indicated as “NIL”) Forest clearance to HPSEB Accorded:Jun 1990 Forest clearance transfer by MOEF to NTPC: Nov 2000 (954.69 Ha of Forest land transferred - No indication about Wild Life Sanctuary Land) Investment approval for Koldam : Oct 2002 Commencement of work at site:Mar 2003 – Dam construction almost completed – So far an expenditure of Rs 5400 Cr has been incurred – Commissioning of units in 2014 - Impounding to start Sept/Oct 2013 – About 1.4 Cr trees planted NTPC started project construction with all statutory clearances Project

3. Issue of Involvement of Majathal Wildlife Sanctuary Land in the Submergence Area Re- demarcation of forest land done: Sep’06- Which depicted involvement of: Mar’07 999.54 Ha of forest land against 954.69 Ha already diverted (An increase of 44.85 Ha) 124.054 Ha of Forest land falling in Majathal Wildlife Sanctuary (Including 79.19 Ha of forest land already diverted) NTPC submitted proposal for clearance to forest deptt. : Aug’08 On advice of forest deptt NTPC submitted proposal to CEC : Dec‘08 CEC advised to obtain recommendation of Wildlife Boards : Feb’09 State WL Board recommendations : May’10 Proposal rejected by Standing Committee of NBWL (Oct’10 & Mar’13) Concerns of Standing Committee of NBWL : (a) Habitation of Cheer Pheasant & (b) Large number of trees

4. Majathal WL Sanctuary – 3938.6 Ha Distance Of Sanctuary From Dam - 17kms Enlarge Tail End of Submergence Area - 40 Kms From Dam 124. 054 Ha (about 3%) of Majathal WL Sanctuary Area Falling in Submergence of Koldam SATLUJ RIVER KOLDAM HPP

5. Habitation of Cheer Pheasant Cheer Pheasant occurs in the higher reaches and over a wide altitudinal range from 1200m to 3000m. Source : (1) Paper on Patch Occupancy For Cheer Pheasant In The Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area By : Mr. Virat Jolli (Deptt. Of Env. Studies CISMHE, DU), Ajay Srivastav (Great Himalayan National Park, Shamsi) & Suveena Thakur (Kullu Wildlife Division) in Aug 2011 (2)International Union for Conservation of Nature & Natural Resources (IUCN) Red list of Threatened Species web site www.iucnredlist.org Submergence level of Kol Dam Project is up to EL 642 m only. Thus it is not likely to affect habitation of Cheer Pheasant.

6. Submergence of Trees Reduction in Dam height No of trees saved Wildlife sanctuary area reduced Remarks By 1 M4501.92 ha.With reduction in Dam Height, there is Nominal / Negligible reduction in trees & wildlife land on account of submergence By 2 M8993.81 ha. By 3 M12255.67 ha. By 4 M16597.51 ha. Since saving of trees & wild life land in submergence area on account of reduction in Dam Height is negligible, State Forest Deptt on 7 th March’2012 has recommended levy of Rs 10.54 cr for Wildlife mitigation measures in addition to other statutory levies. Findings of Joint survey conducted to explore possibility of reducing trees & Wild Life Sanctuary land in submergence area, based on decisions taken in 2 nd Nov’10 meeting held in MOEF:

7. Submissions & Approval Sought Construction of Koldam started in 2003 after taking all statutory clearances. Issue of Majathal Wildlife land came up subsequently. No construction done by NTPC in the Majathal Wild Life area. Habitat of Cheer Pheasant is not affected by Koldam Submergence. NTPC has planted about 1.4 crore of trees through State Forest Deptt. and is ready to plant more trees as per direction of State forest department and NWBL. NTPC has invested Rs. 5400 Crores and almost all the activities of the project have been completed. Impounding of the reservoir is scheduled to start in Sep/ Oct 2013. Project is due to be commissioned during 2014.

8. RIGHT ABUTMENT OF DAM TOP OF THE DAM SPILLWAY

10. GENERATOR TRANSFORMER

11. Nachan Forests Divison Bilaspur Forests Divison Catchment Area Treatment Plan

12. RIM Plantations

14. Plantation under Compensatory Afforestation Scheme Shimla Forest Divison Suket Forest Divison Karsog Forest Divison

15. Details of Trees coming in Submergence Area of Majathal Wildlife Sanctuary : (124.05 Hec) Sl. No. Name of Species Classification of Trees and Diameter in Cms. VIVIIIII AII BI AI BI CI DSaplings Total 10-2020-3030-4040-5050-6060-7070-8080-9090-100 Less than 10 cms dia 1 SHISHAM 28199351231 431 2 TUN 1957431135512 326 3 KHAIR 8147263 4 161 4 JAMUN, SIRIS, SIMBAL, BEHRA 592238188251913143 1083 5 Other BROAD LEAF Species 30229110755271531255173272575 47661 6 SAPPLINGS 1600 Total 31378115335551584282196293178160051262

16. Sl. No. VIVIIIII AII BI AI BI CI D IETotal Saplings G.Tot 1 Majathal 4311733010006897165 2 Mandrech 1671551000000188431619 3 Chilla 325612851102004237181141 4 Kiyari 18541000000283058 5 DPF Harsang Bagal 12250173000000192101293 Total No of trees coming upto 2m below FRL642m 675142611341120089913772276 NUMBER OF TREES SAVED BY REDUCTION OF 2M BELOW FRL 642M

17. Sl. No. VIVIIIII AII BI AI BI CI D IETotal Saplings G.Tot 1 Majathal 3410020000004655101 2 Mandrech 3941100000045145190 3 Chilla 1091982020010141337478 4 Kiyari 5000000000505 5 DPF Harsang Bagal 57191120000008944133 Total No of trees coming between 2m & 3m below FRL642m 24452207020010326581907 Total No of trees coming upto 3m below FRL642m 9191948120431210122519583183 NUMBER OF TREES SAVED BY REDUCTION OF 3M BELOW FRL 642M

18. Sl. No. VIVIIIII AII BI AI BI CI D IETotal Saplings G.Tot 1 Majathal 11549291000000194220414 2 Mandrech 435510000005493147 3 Chilla 68144100000087185272 4 Kiyari 7210000000101323 5 DPF Harsang Bagal 6321410000008932121 Total No of trees coming between 3m & 4m below FRL642m 29691434000000434543977 Total No of trees coming upto 4m below FRL642m 121 5 28512424431210165925014160 NUMBER OF TREES SAVED BY REDUCTION OF 4M BELOW FRL 642M