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The Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) is expected to give environmental clearance for the much-awaited biotechnology park to be set up at Nalagarh industrial area. The clearance is being sought for the second time as earlier the Department of Biotechnology, which owned this land measuring 165 bighas, had decided to execute the project and it too had sought the clearance. It is supposed to be sought in case forestry land is used for non-forestry purpose as per the provisions of the Forest Conservation Act, 1980.

With all formalities of securing environmental clearance having been completed, the officials of Industries Department are keenly awaiting the ministry’s nod to proceed further. “We were hopeful of getting the nod from the ministry soon as the case had been submitted about two months ago. Once the approval is sought, we will explore the possibility of obtaining funds for the project under various Central schemes,” said Rajesh Sharma, Member Secretary, Industries Department, Nalagarh.