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Centre clears 370-acre forest land for Adanis Gondia power project
October 23, 2014
The state has ordered 148.59 hectares of forest land in Gondia district, Vidarbha to be "diverted" for the construction of a 1980 megawatt (MW) coal-based thermal power plant run by the Adani Group.
The tract was identified for the project by the Ahmedabadbased conglomerate in 2008, but final permissions were granted by the Narendra Modiled National Democratic Alliance on August 28 this year.
Following this decree, the state Forest Department issued an order, on October 20, mandating that the land be set aside for the power plant.