Environmental road block for Amaravathi!

Andhra’s dream project, Amaravathi ran in to trouble after Union environment ministry has now raised questions and sought elaborate details about the massive forest land diversion sought for the project. The state government has sought permission for diversion of over 19,000 hectares of forest land for the capital construction.

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The Forest Advisory Committee — the apex body in the environment ministry that approves or rejects proposals for diversion of forest land is not satisfied with the proposals and have sought more information before considering it as this involves a very large forest area.

The committee needs full details of the project like – exactly how much forest land will be used at what locations and for building what structures. The state government says this will cause a delay but it is ready to comply with whatever the Centre has said and is ready to send all the details once again.