JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir Forest Department on 04th December, 2019 organised an Orientation Workshop on online processing of Forest Clearance Cases in PARIVESH portal of Government of India for User Agencies and Forest Officers of Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir at Forest Information Centre, Bikram Chowk, Jammu. Commissioner/ Secretary to Government, Department of Forest, Environment & Ecology, Shri. Manoj Kumar Dwivedi was the Chief Guest of the Workshop and Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Jammu and Kashmir Forest Department Dr. Mohit Gera presided over the function.
During his speech, Sh. Dwivedi urged the Forest field functionaries and User Agencies to make use of the Workshop in order to acquaint themselves with the provisions of Forest Conservation Act,1980 and online processing of Forest Clearance cases in PARIVESH portal of Government of India. He further highlighted that Consequent to the reorganization of the State of Jammu & Kashmir into Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, all forest land diversion proposals for non forestry purposes previously processed under the provisions of the Jammu & Kashmir Forest Conservation Act, 1997 shall henceforth be processed under the provisions of the Forest Conservation Act, 1980, wherein prior approval of the Government of India is required for diversion of Forest land for non forestry purposes.
He insisted upon all the User Agencies and field functionaries of forest and allied departments for due diligence and quick disposal of all the forest clearance cases and take full advantage of this online system developed by Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change. He further advised the participants to pass on this knowledge gained today to their colleagues in the department so that all get to know the online processing of the forest clearance cases.
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Dr.Mohit Gera highlighted the provisions of Forest Conservation Act,1980 and informed that the portal named “Pro Active Responsive facilitation by Interactive and Virtuous Environmental Single Window Hub” (PARIVESH), in which all proposals related to Forest, Wildlife and Environmental Clearances are processed online at various levels is the initiative of MoEF&CC to bring transparency and accountability.
Mr Karma Zimpa Bhutia, DIG (Central) from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Regional Office Chandigarh and Technical Team from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India imparted training to the field functionaries of Forest Department and User Agencies about the processing of Forest Clearance Cases under the provisions of Forest Conservation Act,1980 and the user friendly application of PARIVESH portal of Government of India in processing of Forest Clearance cases.
Shri Suresh Kumar Gupta, Chief Wildlife Warden Jammu and Kashmir , Mr Karma Zimpa Bhutia , DIG Forests from the Ministry of Environment and Forest Regional Office Chandigarh and Technical Team from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change , Government of India, Sh. Sameer Bharti, Chief Conservator of Forest Jammu, Sh. K. Ramesh Kumar,Chief Conservator of Forests( FCA), J&K, All Conservators of Forest (Territorial ) of Jammu region, All Divisional forest Officers (Territorial) , DFO ‘s of Social Forestry Division, Wildlife Wardens, District Soil Conservation Officers from Jammu and Officers / Representatives of User Agencies from the department of PWD (R&B), PMGSY,PDD, School Education Department, PHE, Flood & Irrigation Control, Tourism, Industries & Commerce and Border Roads Organisation participated in the workshop.