‘No fresh approval needed for repair of transmission lines on forest land’
The Hindu
FAC’s directions come following request from former Chief Minister Yediyurappa
In what the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd. (KPTCL) is terming as a major relief, the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) has recently cleared maintenance and repair of old transmission lines on forest land to be carried out without fresh approval. The FAC, after a meeting in August, agreed to allow works related to repair and maintenance of transmission lines with prior permission of the State Forest Department subject to certain conditions. This includes one that the transmission lines were constructed on forest land prior to 25/10/1980 i.e., the date of enactment of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, and that they fall outside protected areas.
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