Fresh rules issued for dredging in forest areas to mitigate floods
The Centre has issued fresh guidelines allowing scientifically planned river dredging in forest areas to mitigate floods and restore river ecosystems, without treating the activity as a “non-forest purpose” and exempting qualifying works from forest clearance requirements, compensatory afforestation and net present value (NPV) payments
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