Several projects in coastal regulation zones were approved during the 2015-2020 period despite inadequacies in the environmental impact assessment (EIA) reports, according to this CAG report tabled in Parliament on 8th August, 2022. Coastal land up to 500-metre from the High Tide Line (HTL) and a stage of 100m along banks of creeks, lagoons, estuaries, backwater and rivers subject to tidal fluctuations is called coastal regulation zone (CRZ).
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/report-comptroller-and-auditor-general-india-conservation-coastal-ecosystems
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/cag on coservation of coastal ecosystems.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/comptroller-and-auditor-general-india
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coastal-regulation-zone-notification
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/comptroller-and-auditor-general-india-cag
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sustainable-development-goals-sdgsmarine-ecosystems
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment-impact-assessment-eia