The Odisha
G a z e t t e
EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 801 CUTTACK, THURSDAY APRIL 3, 2025/CHAITRA 13, 1947
FOREST, ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE DEPARTMENT
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The 27th March 2025
S.R.O. No. 195/2025—In exercise of the powers conferred under Section 33 of the Odisha
Forest Act, 1972 (Odisha Act 14 of 1972), the State Government do hereby declare that the following
land situated in Village Karnapur under Talcher Tahasil of Angul District mutated and transferred in
favour of Forest, Environment & Climate Change Dapartment for raising Compensatory Afforestation
thereon against the proposed diversion of 26.416 ha (originally proposed area is 20.383 ha) of
forest land in favour of the Mahanadi Coalfield Ltd.for continuation of mining operation at Bhubaneswar
Expansion OCP within Mining Lease area over 658.724 ha under Angul Forest Division in Angul
District, Odisha vide in-principle' approval of Government of India. MoEF & CC, FC Division, New
Delhi communicated in Letter dated the 24th September 2024 under Section 2 (1) (ii) of the Van
(Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Adhiniyam, 1980, the limits of which are specified below and the
area of which is 62.7263 ha (155.00 Ac) shall be a Protected Forest with effect from the date of
issue of the Notification and shall be known as "Karnapur Protected Forest''—
Forest Block :
Name of the Protected Forest
. .
Karnapur
Area of Protected Forest in ha
. .
62.7263
Area in Acres
. .
155.00
Name of the Village
. .
Karnapur
Name of the Police Station
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Colliery PS
Name of the Tahasil
. .
Talcher
Name of the Subdivision
. .
Talcher
Name of the District
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Angul