MUMBAI: The city's sea skyline is set for a makeover.

New Delhi: Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh set the cat among the pigeons on Friday when he said the Akshardham Temple, a project dear to BJP leader L K Advani, and the Commonwealth Games Village should not have been given environmental clearance as they have come up on the Yamuna river bed.

This, however, doesn

The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) on Friday announced the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification, 2011, as part of which the no development zone has been reduced from 200 metre from the high-tide line to 100 metres to meet increased demands of housing of fishing and other traditional coastal communities.

The government has eased tough restrictions on construction activities along Mumbai

Ramesh Questions Construction Of Capital

It seems the Mormugao Port Trust

8000 coastal dwellings in Goa to be saved with new CRZ notification

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Although the CRZ 2011 notification came as a huge relief to the fishing community, the other violators would not be lucky enough as the Centre has stated it will direct the States to identify such violations within four months.
Union Minister for Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh said that directions will be issued early next week to the States to identify such violations within four months fr

After the tsunami of 2004, the government was forced to rethink its policies on the Indian coastline. And hence, the coastal management zones (CMZ) were established.