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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Geo-mapping to speed up green approvals -Vishwa Mohan & Sidhartha

Geo-mapping to speed up green approvals -Vishwa Mohan & Sidhartha

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published Published on Oct 18, 2014   modified Modified on Oct 18, 2014
-The Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Centre's ongoing efforts to streamline green clearance process for industrial, infrastructure, mining and power projects will soon get another boost with the environment ministry planning to launch a Geographic Information System (GIS)-based decision support mechanism this month which will help decision-makers in taking informed decision quickly and in a transparent manner.

The GIS-based decision support system (DSS) will contain high resolution satellite imagery and ground details of forest cover, types of green patch, eco-sensitive zones of protected areas, biological richness, landscape and net present value (NPV) of the region and state-wise forest cover that needs to be diverted for non-forest works.

Developed by the Dehradun-based Forest Survey of India (FSI), the system will also have details on notified tiger corridors, other important migratory corridors, habitat of rare and endangered flora and fauna amongst others.

"The first version of this system will be launched in a day or two. It will be fully operational by the end of this month," said an environment ministry official. The availability of all data on a single platform will help authorities get information with click of a mouse. It will also form a platform for day-to-day monitoring of patrolling & surveillance for forest cover and wildlife.

"The data will help in calculating NPV (the amount paid for diversion of forest land for non-forest works) by any person in few seconds," the official said, adding that non-availability of such data on time used to delay many clearances.

The DSS will be the third high-tech platform to smoothen green clearance processes. The other two are: Online environment clearance (EC) system that has been working since June and the online forest clearance (FC) system that was launched in July. The third system will help different appraisal committees in taking decisions while processing data for both forest and environment clearances simultaneously.

The earlier practice of first giving EC before moving on to the forest clearance proposals used to delay the projects under the UPA government. Many key projects, including of Army and Navy, had got stuck due to the cumbersome process leading to administrative paralysis. New systems are now expected to help industries get faster clearances, making it possible for the government to revive the economy.

"We are also working on launching a similar system for mining clearance next month," said the official.

All these are parts of reforming the entire green clearances system, right from digitizing information, simplifying rules to eventually changing the existing laws relating to environment, forest, coastal zone regulation, wildlife protection, air pollution and water quality monitoring.


The Times of India, 18 October, 2014, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Geo-mapping-to-speed-up-green-approvals/articleshow/44863746.cms


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