THE country's record on environment is pathetic, Union Minister of Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh has admitted.

CHENNAI: The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has initiated steps to let the draft Coastal Zone Management notification, 2008 lapse and strengthen the existing Coastal Regulation Zone notification.

This has been stated by Jairam Ramesh, Union Minister of State, in his letter of August 8 to Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, according to an official release issued here on Wednesday.

In a major attempt to protect the interest of coastal inhabitants facing the axe for Coastal Regulatory Zone violations, the Goa government has requested the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) to amend the CRZ regulations with relaxations to the State vis-

Besides raising the CRZ issue, Goa today took up matters of illegal mining and environmental clearances with the Centre.
A strong demand was also made with the Union Minister for Enviornment and Forest Jairam Ramesh for consulting the Goa State Pollution Control Board before environmental clearances are given by the central government.

COASTAL Action Network, an umbrella organisation of 45 different coastal and fishermen-related groups in the State, announced that they are boycotting a proposed public consultation meet by the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to be held in the city on Wednesday to gather opinion on amendments required in the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification of 1991.

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MADURAI: The Madras High Court Bench here has directed the Kanyakumari District Coastal Zone Management Authority to probe into allegations of constructions being put up within 100 m of the coast in Kanyakumari town panchayat.

Mumbai The Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has announced its plan to hold 10 public consultations in Mumbai, Goa, Cochin, Chennai, Bhubaneshwar, Gujarat, Karnataka, Pondicherry, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal to gather public opinion on amendments required in the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification of 1991.

KOCHI: As part of framing new rules to save the 7,517-km coastline, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has decided to meet the fishermen community in Kerala.

Stakeholders in the State, including the fisher-folks, had strongly opposed the recently lapsed Coastal Management Zone draft notification.

MUMBAI: The state plans to write to the Centre, asking for a separate set of rules for Mumbai when it amends the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) norms, which prohibits construction close to the coastline. The draft notification of the coastal management zone (CMZ) lapsed on July 22.

Union State Minister for Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh along with a team of experts will be in Goa in the first week of August to help find a solution to the problem of traditional inhabitants which are affected on account of alleged violation of the coastal regulatory zone (CRZ) notification.

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