**"Report of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel - Part I - 13. 3 Proposed guidelines/summary recommendations for sector-wise activities
Opinion 01/102018 1434. Sub :- **"Report of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel - Part I - 13. 3 Proposed guidelines/summary recommendations for sector-wise activities Ref :- Sector : Forestry & Government lands - ESZ1 ESZ2 ESZ3 from WGEA, SEA and DECs No Forest clearance or stream diversion for new projects Run of the river schemes not allowed in first order or second order streams Promote small scale, micro and pico hydropower systems, that are people owned & managed and are off grid. New small hydropower projects (10 MW and below) are permissible. No new thermal power plants Strict environmental regulation of existing thermal power plants. Existing thermal plants to actively promote alternate uses of fly ash - such as in road making in addition to the existing practices of manufacture of fly ash bricks. No large scale wind power projects Promote biomass based /solar sourc...