Whereas the Central Government vide its notification number S.O.114(E), dated the 19th February, 1991, (hereinafter referred to as the said notification), declared Coastal Regulation Zone and imposed certain restrictions on the setting up and expansion of industries, operations and processes in the said Zones for its protection; And whereas, the said notification was amended, from time to time, ba

After receiving a dressing down from the High Court for inaction against CRZ violations in No Development Zone (NDZ), the Coastal Village Panchayats (CVPs) have finally started demolishing illegal structures that came to be built post February 19, 1991 CRZ notification.

Expressing views: A fisherman speaking at a public consultation in Puducherry on Friday.

The 19th Meeting of the National Coastal Zone Management
Authority (NCZMA) was held on 22nd January, 2010 in the Ministry of Environment and Forests. The meeting was chaired by Shri Vijai
Sharma, Chairperson, NCZMA and Secretary, MoEF. The Chairman welcomed the Members of the NCZMA to the second meeting after its reconstitution. He highlighted the need for co-operation

Mumbai In order to tighten and monitor the environmental clearance conditions laid down for companies, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) recently constituted a special supervising committee.

This paper is aimed at understanding the drinking water status and management approaches adopted in four coastal villages of Karnataka. Saltwater intrusion, seasonal scarcity and groundwater depletion are the common problems encountered

The Central Government move to build national capacity for implementation of the new Integrated Management Approach for India

Acting on court directives, the Agonda Panchayat has issued CRZ-related demolition orders to 30 structures that have allegedly cropped up after February 1991.

An Environment Ministry order issued on November 3 banning ports and harbours on hotspot stretches on the beaches will not stop the CRZ (Coastal Regulation Zone) projects that have been already started, the ministry sources clarified on Monday.

Though having banned infrastructural projects in the country's high erosion prone coastlines, the Environment Ministry is still undecided about its course of action over those that have already been granted the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) clearance in such areas but which are yet to take off.

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