New Delhi: The Environment Ministry's forest advisory committee (FAC) has given in-principle approval for diverting more than 860 hectares of forest land for constructing the 1,200 MW Kalai-II hydroelectric project on the Lohit river in Arunachal Pradesh.
The project will require cutting 33,338 trees -- 16,848 trees in Namsai Forest Division and 16,490 in Anjaw Forest Division. Also, critically endangered white-bellied heron is found in the forest landscape of the project area, according to the minutes of the FAC meeting held on May 8.
