Notification Declaring Eco Sensitive Area S.O. No. 3592(E) Amendment in Matheran ESA, Maharashtra

EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 3289] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2021/BHADRA 11, 1943 511555/2021/ESZ MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 27th August, 2021 S.O. 3592(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section(1), clause (v) of sub-section (2) and sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), read with sub-rule (4) of rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, the Central Government hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of Environment and Forests, published vide number S.O. 133(E), dated the 4th February, 2003 for declaration of Matheran and surrounding region in the State of Maharashtra as an ecologically fragile area, namely:— In the said notification, - (i) in paragraph 4, in clause(a), in sub-clause(i), for the words “within a period of two years from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette and approved by the Ministry of Environment and Forests in the Government of India”, the words “and shall be got approved by the Competent Authority in the State Government for its effective implementation” shall be substituted; (ii) in paragraph 5, after sub-paragraph (2), the following sub-paragraph shall be inserted, namely:- “(2A) The tenure of the Monitoring Committee shall be till further orders, provided that the non-official members of the Committee shall be nominated by the State Government from time to time.”. Note : The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii),vide notification number S.O. 133(E), dated the 4th February, 2003 and was last amended vide number S.O. 83(E), dated the 16th January, 2004. and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. 511555/2021/ESZ