Amendment Notification Declaring Eco Sensitive Zone S.O. No. 4749(E) around Shingaba Wildlife Sanctuary, Sikkim

EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 4561] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2023/KARTIKA 9, 1945 MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the, 27th October, 2023 S.O. 4749(E).—Whereas the Central Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1), clause (v) and clause (xiv) of sub-section (2) and sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986) read with sub-rule (3) of rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, issued a notification in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii) vide number S.O. 2169 (E), dated the 27 th August, 2014; And whereas the Central Government is of the opinion that it is necessary and expedient in the public interest to amend the said notification; And whereas sub-rule (4) of rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986 provides that whenever it appears to the Central Government that it is in the public interest to do so, it may dispense with the requirement of notice under clause (a) of sub-rule (3) of rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986; And whereas the Central Government is of the opinion that it is in the public interest to dispense with the requirement of notice under clause (a) of sub-rule (3) of rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986 for amending the notification number S.O. 2169 (E), dated the 27 th Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1), clause (v) and clause (xiv) 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 amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide notification number S.O. 2169 (E), dated the 27 th August, 2014, namely:- In the said notification,- (a) in paragraph 2, for sub-paragraph (1), the following sub-paragraph shall be substituted, namely:- “(1) The State Government shall, prepare a Zonal Master Plan, for the purposes of the Eco-sensitive Zone, in consultation with local people and in accordance with this notification, within a period of two years from the 26 th October, 2023”. (b) in paragraph 3, in sub-paragraph (10), the words “and approved by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change”, shall be omitted. Note : The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide notification number S.O. 2169 (E), dated the 27 th August, 2014. and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. AMIT KUMAR JAISWAL