राष्ट्रीय उद्यानों और वन्यजीव अभयारण्यों के चारों ओर इको-सेंसिटिव ज़ोन की घोषणा के लिए दिशानिर्देश

Tei Government of India Pa Ministry of Environment and Forests yt (Wildlife Division) fox? Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex, Lodi Road, New Delhi -110003.

F. No. 1-9/2007 WL-I(pt) Dated: 9" February, 2011

To, The Chief Wildlife Warden All States/Union Territories

Sub: Guidelines for Declaration of Eco-Sensitive Zones around National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries.

Sir

In pursuance to the decision taken by the National Board for Wildlife, all the States/Union Territory, Governments were requested for forwarding site specific proposals for declaration of Eco Sensitive Zones around National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries. Several reminders in this connection were also sent. Hon’ble Supreme Court had also take note of this decision had directed States/ Union Territory, Governments to forward proposals this Ministry. However, only very few States have forwarded proposals in this regard.

This Ministry after careful consideration, has therefore, decided to frame guidelines to facilitate the States/Union Territory, Governments for declaration of Eco-Sensitive Zones around National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries. Kindly find enclosed a copy of the said Guidelines. It is requested to kindly take necessaty action in this regard at the earliest

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(Prakriti Srivastava) Deputy Inspector General (WL) Telefax: 01-24360704 E-mail:digwl-mef@nic.in

Encl: As above

Copy to:

1. Principal Secretary (Forests), all States/Union Territories.

2. Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, all States/ Union Territories. 3. NIC Cell- with a request to upload the enclosed guidelines on the official website of MoEPF.

GUIDELINES FOR DECLARATION OF ECOSENSITIVE ZONES AROUND NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS

INDEX

|S1.No.||Agendaitem|Page No.|
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|||Background|3|
|2<br>3|1Purpose|StatutoryProvisions<br>Purpose for declaring Exco-Sensitive Zones||<br>5|
|4||Extent of Eco-Sensitive Zones|5|
|5||Need for guidelines||
|6||Theproceduretobeadopted|6|

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GUIDELINES FOR DECLARATION OF ECO-SENSITIVE ZONES AROUND NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES

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1. Background:

1.1. IBWL Decision:

1.1.1 During the XXI meeting of the Indian Board for Wildlife held on 21" January 2002, a “Wildlife Conservation Strategy-2002’? was adopted wherein point no.9 envisaged that “ lands falling within 10 Kms of the boundaries of National Parks and Sanctuaries should be notified as eco-fragile zones under section 3 (v) of the Environment (Protection) Act and Rule 5 Sub rule (viii) & (x) of the Environment (Protection) Rules.”.

LL2 The Additional Director General of Forests (WL), vide letter dated 6" February 2002, had requested all the Chief Wildlife Wardens for listing out such areas within 10 Kms of the boundaries of National Parks and Sanctuaries and furnish detailed proposals for their notification as eco-sensitive areas under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

1.1.3 In response, some of the State Governments had raised concern over applicability of the 10 Kms range from the Protected Area boundary and informed that most of the human habitation and other areas including important cities in these States would come under the purview of eco-sensitive zone and will adversely affect the development.

1.2.

National Wildlife Action Plan (2002-2016)

1.2.1 The National Wildlife Action Plan (NWAP) 2002-2016 indicates that “Areas outside the protected area network are often vital ecological corridor links and must be protected to prevent isolation offragments of biodiversity which will not survive in the long run. Land and water use pohcaes will need to accept the imperative of strictly protecting ecologically fragile habitats and regulating use elsewhere.”

1.2.2 ‘The Action Plan also indicates that “A// identified areas around Protected Areas and wildlife corridors to be declared as ecologicallyfragile under the Environment (Protection) At, 1986.”

1.3. Decision of National Board for Wildlife:

1.3.1 Considering the constraints communicated by the states, the proposal was re-examined by the National Board for Wildlife in its 2"? meeting held on 17" March 2005 and it was decided that the ‘delineation of eco-sensitive

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zones would have to be site specific and relate to regulation, rather than prohibition, of specific activities’. The decision was communicated to all the State Governments for compliance vide letter dated 27" May 2005. Thereafter, it was further communicated with subsequent reminders.

1.4. Hon’ble Supreme Court’s decision:

1.4.1. A Public Interest Litigation was also filed by the Goa Foundation vide their Writ Petition No. 460/2004 before the Hon’ble Supreme Court regarding the issue of declaration of eco-sensitive zones.

1.4.2 Vide their order dated 4" December 2006, Hon’ble Supreme Court had directed the Ministry of Environment & Forests to give a final opportunity to all States/Union territories to respond to the letter dated 27.5.2005 and that the State Governments send their proposals within four weeks, to the Ministry. It was also directed that all cases where environmental clearances were granted where activities are within 10 Kms zone, be referred to Standing Committee of NBWL.

2. Statutory Provisions

2.1 Section 5 C(1) of the Wildlife (Protection)Act, 1972 states that it shall be the duty of the National Board for Wildlife to promote the conservation and development of Wildlife and Jorests by such measures as it thinksfit.

2.2 Section 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act 1986 (EPA) gives power to the Central Government i.e. the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests to take all measures that it feels are necessary for protecting and improving the quality of the environment and to prevent and control environmental pollution. To meet this objective, the Central Government can restrict areas in which any industries, operations or processes or class of industries, operations or processes Shall not be carried out or shall be carried out subject to certain safeguards [Section 3(2)(v))

2.3 Section 5(1) ofthe Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986 (EPR), states that the central government can prohibit or restrict the location ofindustries and carrying on certain operations or processes on the basts of considerations like the biological diversity of an area (clause v) maximum allowable limits of concentration ofpollutantsfor an area (clause i) environmentally compatible land use (clause vi) proximity to protected areas (clause viii).

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3. Purpose for declaring Eco-Sensitive Zones:

The purpose of declaring Eco-sensitive Zones around National Parks and Sanctuaries is to create some kind of “Shock Absorber” for the Protected Areas. They would also act as a transition zone from areas of high protection to areas involving lesser protection. As has been decided by the National Board for Wildlife, the activities in the Eco-sensitive zones would be of a regulatory nature rather than prohibitive nature, unless and otherwise so required.

4. Extent of Eco-Sensitive Zones:

4.1 Many of the existing Protected Areas have already undergone tremendous development in close vicinity to their boundaries. Some of the Protected Areas actually lying in the urban setup (Hg. Guindy National Park, Tamil Nadu, Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Maharashtra, etc). Therefore, defining the extent of ecosensitive zones around Protected Areas will have to be kept flexible and Protected Area specific. The width of the Eco-sensitive Zone and type of regulations will differ from Protected Area to Protected Area. However, as a general principle the width of the Eco-sensitive Zone could go upto 10 Kms around a Protected Area as provided in the Wildlife Conservation Strategy-2002. 4.2 In case where sensitive corridors, connectivity and ecologically important patches, crucial for landscape linkage, are even beyond 10 kms_ width, these should be included in the Eco-sensitive Zone.

4.3 Further, even in context of a particular Protected Area, the distribution of an area of Eco-sensitive Zone and the extent of regulation may not be uniform all around and it could be of variable width and extent. 5. Need for guidelines:

5.1 As has been indicated vide pata 1.4 above, Hon’ble Supreme Court has vide their order dated 4° December 2006 directed all the State/Union Territory Governments to forward proposals for declaration of eco-sensitive zones around its Protected Areas. However, only States like Haryana, Gujarat, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Assam, Goa have forwarded proposals. However, several other States/Union Territories have not come forward, perhaps for want of guidelines in this regard. 5.2 In this context, it is pertinent to note here that Hon’ble Supreme Court vide their judgment dated 3"! December 2010 in the case relating to the construction of park at NOIDA near Okhla Bird Sanctuary filed by Shri Anand Arya & Ant vs. Union of India (I-A. Nos 2609-2610 of 2009) in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 202/1995, had noted that the State Government of Uttar Pradesh had not

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declared Eco-sensitive zones around its Protected Areas as the Government of India had not issued any guidelines in this regard.

5.3 The Ministry of Environment & Forests had set up a committee under the Chairmanship of Shri Pronab Sen for identifying parameters for designating Ecologically Sensitive Areas in India. The said Committee had identified parameters for declaration of specific units of land/water etc as Ecologically Sensitive Zones based on parameters like richness of flora& fauna; slope; rarity & endemism of species in the area; origins of rivers etc. However, these parameters do not basically apply to the Eco-sensitive zones in the instant context, i.e around Protected Areas. In the instant case, the Eco-sensitive zones are meant to act as a “Shock absorbers’”/ “transition zone” to the Protected Areas by regulating and managing the activities around such Protected Areas.

6. The procedure to be adopted

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6.1 As has been indicated in the forgoing paras, the basic aim is to regulate certain activities around National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary so as to minimize the negative impacts of such activities on the fragile ecosystem encompassing the Protected Area. As a first step towards achieving this goal, it is a prerequisite that an inventory of the different land use patterns and the different types of activities, types and number of industries operating around each of the Protected Area (National Parks, Sanctuaries) as well as important Corridors be made. The inventory could be done by the concerned Range Officers, who can take a stock of activities within 10 km of his range.

6.2 For the above purpose, a small committee comprising the concerned Wildlife Warden, an Ecologist, an official from the Local Self Government and an official of the Revenue Department of the concerned area, could be formed. The said committee could suggest the:

(i) Esctent of eco-sensitive zonesfor the Protected Area being considered. (tt) The requirement ofsuch a zone to act as a shock absorber (12) To suggest the best methodsfor management ofthe eco-sensitive zones, s0 Suggested. (wv) To suggest broad based thematic activities to be included in the Master Plan for the region.

6.3 Based on the above, the Chief Wildlife Warden could group the activities under the following categories (an indicative list of such activities is attached as ANNEXURE-1):-

(t) Prohibited (2) Restricted with safeguards. (ii) Permessible

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6.4 Once the proposal for Eco-sensitive zones has been finalized, the same may be forwarded to the Ministry of Environment and Forests for further processing and notification. Here, it may be noted that, the State/Union Territory Forest Department could forward the proposals to the respective authority in the State Government with copy to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, as and when the proposals(even if it is for single Protected Area) are complete. An indicative list of details that need to be submitted along with the proposals is at ANNEXURE-2.

6.5 It is to mention here that in cases where the boundary of a Protected Area abuts the boundary of another State/Union Territory where it does not form part of any Protected Area, it shall be the endeavour of both the State/Union Territory Governments to have a mutual consultation and decide upon the width of the eco-sensitive zone around the Protected Area in question.

6.6 ‘The State Government should endeavour to convey a very strong message to the public that ESZ are not meant to hamper their day to day activities, but instead, is meant to protect the precious forests/Protected Areas in their locality from any negative impact, and also to refine the environment around the Protected Areas. A copy of the notification of the Sultanpur Eco-sensitive Zone issued by the Ministry is attached herewith at ANNEXURE-3 for reference and guidance.

7. These guidelines are indicative in nature and the State / Union Territory Governments may use these as basic framework to develop specific guidelines applicable in the context of their National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries, important corridors, etc. with a view to minimizing and preferably eliminating any negative impact on protected areas.

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ANNEXURE-1

Identification of Activities

While some of the activities could be allowed in all the eco-sensitive areas, others will need to be regulated / prohibited. However, which activity can be regulated or prohibited and to what extent, would have to be PA specific. A broad list of activities (this may need supplementation) which could be allowed, promoted, regulated or prohibited is given in the table below:

|Sl.|| Activity|Prohibited||Regulated|| Permitted||Remarks||
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|No.|||||||
|1,|Commercial<br>Mining|A<br>Y|—||Regulation willnot<br>prohibit the digging||
||||||of earth for||
||||||construction or||
||||||repair ofhouses and||
||||||for manufacture of||
||||||country tiles or||
||||||bricks for housing||
||||||for personal||
||||||consumption||
|2.|| Fellingof||Y||With permission||
||trees||||from appropriate||
||||||authorit||
||Setting ofsaw |Y||||||
|4.|Setting of|¥|||||
||industries||||||
||causing||||||
||pollution||||||
||(Water, Air,||||||
||Soil, Noise,||||||
||etc,||||||
|_<br>5. |Establishment|||¥|7|As perapproved-||
||ofhotels and||||master plan, which||
||resorts||||takes care of habitats||
||||||allowing no||
||||||restriction on||
||||||movement ofwild||
|||||||animals||
|6.|Commercial|bd|||For hotels and other||
||use of||||business related|.|
||firewood|||____||establishment||

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|7.|Drastic|¥|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||change of||||
||agriculture||||
||systems||||
|8.||Commercial|x||As per approved|
||use ofnatural|||master plan, which|
||water|||takes care ofhabitats|
||resources|||allowing no|
||including|||restriction on|
||ground water|||movement ofwild|
||harvesting|||animals.|
|9.|Establishment |Y||||
||ofmajor||||
||hydroelectric||||
||rojects||||
|10.||Erection of|¥||Promote|
||electrical|||underground cabling|
||cables||||
|11.||Ongoing||Y|However, excessive|
||agriculture|||expansion ofsome|
||and|||ofthese activities|
||horticulture|||should be regulated|
||practices by|||as per the master|
||local|||plan|
||communities||||
||harvesting|||- | promoted|
|13.||Fencing of|Y|||
||premises of||||
||hotels and||||
||lodges||||
|14.||Organic||Y|Should be actively|
|15. |Use of||Y|||
||polythene||||
||bags by||||
||shopkeepers||||
|||;|||
|16. |Use of|||Y|Should be actively|
||renewable|||promoted|
||energy||||
||sources|||et|
|17. |Wideningof||||This should be done|
|___||toads||—___|<br>with<br>proper EIA||

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|and mitigation<br>on|and mitigation<br>on|and mitigation<br>on|and mitigation<br>on|and mitigation<br>on|and mitigation<br>on|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|18.||Movement of|y|For|commercial||
||vehicular||purpose|||
|__| traffic at night||||||
|19.|| Introduction|Y||||
||of exotic|||||
||species|||||
|20.||Use or|¥||||
||production of|||||
||any hazardous|||||
||substances|||||
|21.||Undertaking||Y||||
||activities|||||
||related to|||||
||tourism like|||||
||over-flying|||||
||the National|||||
||Park area by|||||
||any aircraft,|||||
||hot-air|||||
||balloons|||||
||Protection of|¥|As per the||master|
||hill slopes and||plan|||
||river banks|||||
|23.||Discharge of||Y||||
||effluents and|||||
||solid waste in|||||
||natural water|||||
||bodies or|||||
|___| terrestrial area<br>24. |Airand||Y|—|||
||vehicular|||||
||ollution|||||
|||||ee<br>master||
|||Y|As per the|||
||hoardings||aan,|||
|26|| Adoption of|Y|Should be actively|||
||green||promoted.|||
||technology|||||
||for all|||||
||activities||||-|

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ANNEXURE-2

GENERIC INFORMATIONS TO BE INCORPORATED IN THE PROPOSALS FOR DECLARATION OF ECO-SENSITIVE ZONE AROUND PROTECTED AREAS eA

• (i) Delineation of the physical boundaries on a topo-sheet with precise description in geographic terms together with a description of the significant features/attributes that would potentially qualify the area as eco-sensitive zone. A description of the boundaries alongwith the list of villages with exception and exemption in the delineated buffer zone area.

• (ii) | An inventory of the existing legal status of rights, entitlements, privileges and obligations of the local communities.

• (iii) A description of bio-diversity values including bio-geographical representatives, endemism, species richness, geo-morphological characteristics, and unique land use practices including aesthetic and cultural values.

• (iv) A description of the resource base indicating the economic potential and livelihood implication for the people residing in and around the ptoposed eco-sensitive area.

• (v) An inventory of activities to be regulated and/ or prohibited in the proposed eco-sensitive zone.

• (vi) List of the protected areas for declaring eco-sensitive zone.

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y THE GAZETTE OF INDIA ; EXTRAORDINARY [Pax th—Sne.3(40] MINISTRYOF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS NOTIFICATION . New Delhi, the 27th January, 2010

S42 191(E}— WHEREAS, the Sudtaqpur National Park (about 15 kr from Gurgaon and about 45 km from Delhi) is important and known for aquacic avifaane where abour 30,000 birds belonging te about 250 epeces Lave been listed in this park dumng winter:and the important birds wiemng this park are Pelicans, Cormorants, Flerons, Eygrets, Stork, Flarungees, Geese, Ducks, cic.

AND WHEREAS, a qumber of territorial birdy of Indian ongin stay here the year round; breeding of Saras, Crane and the Rare Black Necked Stork have been reoorded in this park andark! as regards bindiversityof this National Park, the fora of this areca is representedby semi | rialhien:wepetation outskle it, and « typica) aquatic vegetation of the lakes in plains of North AND WHEREAS, 0 im necetsaty wo conserve and protect the area up wo five kilometers trom the boundary of the protected area of Sultanpur National Park a Eoo-senanve /one from coological and ervirennental point of view; AND WHEREAS, a draft nonticanon under sub-secoon (1) and clauses (v) and (xiv) of sh pubhshedsection(2)in theof secnunGaretic 3ofofInca,the LnviroomentExtraordinary,(Protectivide no o n)ficatonAct, 1966of the(2)Governmentof 1986) wasof 20"IndiaJanuaryin the Ministry 2009, as ofrequired Pavironmentunder andsub-rele Forests,(3) of vide rule number§ of the5.0.EnviroamentNo. 364 (E>,(Protection) dated the Rules, 1986, inviting objecnons and suggestions from al) persorm Likely m be affected thereby,within a period of sixty days from the date on which copies of the Garette containing the sad notficanon weer made available to the public;

AND WHEREAS, copies of the Gusette contmning the said nocficathen were made wailable to the public oc the 29° January AM;

AND WHEREAS, all otmections and suggestions received om response to the said ceatt nopheapon have been duly consddesed by the Cent] Gorermmen:,

NOW, THEREFORE, m cecras of the power conferred by subsection (1) and clauses (v) and (aw) of sub ~ section (2) of secon 3 of the Revironment (Proceetion) Act, 186 (29 of 1986) read wath eub-rale (4) of pale § of the Environment [Protccoen) Rules, 1986, the Central Goverment hereby notitics the area up to five lalormeter: from the boundary of the protected area of Sultanpur National Park in che State of Murvaca ( a9 shown in the map anneied to this ponfhicenon as Agnexurc), as the Eco-sensave fone (herein after called as the Kon-sensitive Zone), namely,

2. Boundaries of Eco-censitive Zone. = (1) The said Keo sence one @ the area up to five kilometers from the boundary of the protected area of Sultanpur National Park situated isbetweenthe Grurgaon Distnct of Haryana berween28° 24 00° wm 20° 32 OO" North latitudeand 76° 48 (0° to 76° 58 00" Has: longinude, (2)withinThe map of the Eco-sensitive Zoneis at Annexure and the list of the villages falling sensitvefive Aoneldlometersate as folleran,distancenamely.of the boundary of Sultanpur Nanonal Parkin the Feo-

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• | Sr He 5G) J TA: ae Mankraula, Jhanjrula, Moharmmedper, Path, Ohanawas, Warrpr, Dhani, Ramnagar. Sikhawala, Ghan Herasra, Tughlakpur, aya Bihar, <akewas, [qtalpur, Saidpur, Khaintawas, Hatarpor, Chandu, Omnapar, Bidher, Sultanpur, Harsinghwali, Dhani Mirchiwali Dhani, (3) All actrvities in the Sultanpur Nacional Park are being governed by the provisions of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 ($3 of 172) 4‘, Zonal Master Plan for the Eoo-sensitive Zone: - (1) A Zonal Master Plan for the Eco-sensitive Zone shall be prepared by the State Governmentnotificsnon withina peniod of one year from the date of publicationof thin am! Forests, Goremmentin the Official ofGazette[odia, and approved by the Ministry of Environment

• (2) The Zonal Master Plan shall be ptepared with the involversenr of all concemed State Departinents of Environment, Forest, Urban Development, ‘Tourism, Muattictyaal Department, Irmigation and PWD (Buildings &Roscs) Department, Revenue Department and Haryana State Pollution Control Board for inteprating environmental and ecological considerwtionm inte it

• (4) The Zonal Master plan shall provide for restoration of denuded areas, conservation of existing water bodies, managernent of catchment areas, watershed management, groundwater management, soil and coisture corwerraton, needs of local community and such other aspects of the ecology and environment thar need attention.

• (4) The Zonal Master Plan shall demarcate all the existing and proposed urban settlements, village settlements, types and kinds of forests, agriculrural aceas, fertile

• (5) lands, green areas, horticultural areas, orchards,lakes anc other water bodics. (6) It shall exempt all canals and drainage works, No change of land use from green uses such as orchards, hordecture arcas, agriculture parks and other like places to non green uses shall be peruiited in the Zonal Master Plan, cxcept that strictly limited conversion of agsculcaral lands maybe permitted to meet the residential neeels of the existing local residents together with natural growth of the existing local populations, improvement of roads and bridges infrastrocture, construction of public utility or coramuniry buildings withour the

• (7) peor approval of the State Government “The planned urbanisation proposed in the development plans shall be approved by the Seate Cowermment for the rexpective controlled areas.

• (8) The Zonal Master Plan shall be « reference document for the State Level Monitoring Committee for any decision to be tken by them inchoding consdderation for relaxation.

• (%) The Zonal Master Man shall indicate measures and lay down stipulations for regulanon of traffic.

• (10) Pending the preparation of the Zonal Muster Plan for Eeo-sensitive Zone and approval thereof by the Ministry of Einvitonmeat and Forests all new constructions shall be allowed only after the proposals are scrutinized and approved by the

• (11) Monttonng Comminec as referred in paragraph 5, There shall be no consequencal reduction in Forest area, Green area and Agricultural area.

• mf (12) The State Government shall prescribe acklirional mesures, if necessary, in notificahon

• A) furtherance of the objectives and for giving effect to the provisions of this ‘3 4. Regulated or restrictive activities in the Eco-sensitive Zone: - The following = wuvemes in the Eco-sensitive Zone shall be regulated in the manner provided herein, M namely:-

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THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY

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(a) Industrial Units

() No establishment of new wood based indusny within one kilometer from the boundary of the Sultancur Sanonal Park;

• (i) No establishment of any new polluting or baghty pollunng industry within one kilometer from the boundar: of the Sultampur Naponal Park

(b) Construction Activities

• fi) No construction of any kind chal) be allowed from the boundary of Sultanpur National Park to a cistance of three hundred! meters, except tube well chamber of dimension not more than one thousand cubic inches,

• (i) ‘The construcon of any bulding more than two srorey (twenty five feet) shall notmeters be allowedfrom theinboundarythe area offallingSultanpurcetweenNadonalthree hundredPark, meters to five hundred

• (ii) The layingof new high tension tranamission wircs shall not be allowed from the boundary of Sultanpur Nanenal Park to a distance of five hundred meters,

(c) Quarrying and Mining

• (i) Mining up to one kelometer shall not be allowed from the boundary of the protected arca of Sultanpur National Park;

• (i) Crushing activity up to one kilometer shall not ber allowed from the boundary of the protected area of Sultanpur ational Park.

(d) Trees: Felling of trees on forest and revervur land shall be subject to the approved management plan by the Central Goverament of an authoriry nominated for that purpose.

(c) Water:-

(i) Extraction of ground water shall be permetted only for the bona-fide agnculrorl and domestic consumption of the occupier of the plot, (i) No sale of ground water shall be perraitted except with the pnor approval of the State Ground Water Board.

(ii?) AL steps shall be taken to preven: cootarr ination or pollution of water mcloding fram agriculture.

(0 Noise pollution:- ‘The Environment Department or, as the case may be, State lorest Department of the Government of Haryana shall be the suthority to draw up guidelines and regulations for the control of noise in the Eco-senatrve Zone

(2) Discharge of ¢fhucnt:-

(i) No untreated of incustrial effluent shall be permimed po be discharged into any water hody within the Eeo-senmdtve “one.

(H) ‘Treated effluent must meet the provisions of the Warer ‘Mrevennon and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 (6 of 1974)

fh) Solid Wastes:-

(i) ‘The solid waste disposalshall be carted our as per the provisions of the MunicipalSolid Waste (Manapement and Handling) Rules, 2000 eued by the Cencrl Government vide notification number $.O. No, 008 (F), dated the 25° September 2000 as amended from time te time. (ii)biodegradable‘The local authonnicsshall deuw up plans for the segregation of solid wastes into (iii) The biodegradableand non-biodegradablematerial may components.be recycled preferably through composting or vermiculture.

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[oer i—wee 3) (iv) The inergeme matenal may be disposed in an eanironmentdly acceptable manner at site Wentified outde the Keo-senstve Zone No burming of incneraton of solid wastes shall be permitted in the Roo-sensitve Zone,

5. Monitoring Committee :-

• |) In exercise of the power conferned by sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, M86 (29 of 1986), the Central Government hereby oonstinites a committee to be called the Monitoang Commurtee to mentor che compliance with the provisions of this nonticancn,

• (2) The Moniroting Committee refered to in sub-pargrph (1). shall conan of not nore than ten members so us te represent the folowing, namcly:(a) Deputy Comenisssoner, (surgeon — Chairman; (b) A representative of the Minder of Environment and Forests, Government of Inca - Member

• {¢) Cine tepresentantve of von-goremmental Otganizatons working m the field of environment (inchading hentage conservation) to be normnunated by the Central Government « Member

• (dj) Remonal Officer, Harnana State Pollunon Control Board, Gurgaon - Member.

• fe} Senior Tran Manner of the arca ~ Member (f) Distnet Wildhfe Warden, Gurgaon - Member Secretary,

• (4) The power and funetions of the Motoring Commrtter shall be restricted to the monitoring of the compliance of the provisions of this notificanon only. 4) In case of activities requaring por permission or environmeartal clearance, such activities shall be referred to the State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority constituted vide notification of the Government of India im the Mirustry of Environment & Forests number 5. O, 1534 (6), dated Sepoember 14, 2006, which shall be the Competent Authority hor promt of such clearances as per the provisos of the eid not fication. () The Monitonng Committee may ale invite reprercntatives or experts from the concemed Departments on assccianons to asmst in ite deliberanons depending on the FCT On fue bo bavi bepeis (0) The Chairman or Member-Seeretary, a¢ the case may be, of the Monitonny Committee shall foe COME Lent be ihe compara iden eection 19 of the nw ronment {(Pronection) Act, VEO for non-comphance of the provisions of this nodfication (1) The Monitoring Committee shall subtrat ite anneal action taken ceports by the 317 March ofevery year to the Ministry of Eavironmnent and Porests. (8) The Ministey of Environment é Ferests shall give directions, from ome to time, to the Connnittee.Mortonng Committee for effective chscharpe of the functions of the Monitorinp

|F. No, 90°] OEES7| Dr.Gi V SUBRAHMANYAM, Scientist *G"

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