Amendment: Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary (Madhya Pradesh) S.O. No. 3943(E)

EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 3605] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2024/BHADRA 22, 1946 MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 13th September, 2024 S.O. 3943(E).— WHEREAS, the Central Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) and clauses (v) and (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 to declare an Eco-Sensitive Zone around Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary, Madhya Pradesh in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide number S.O. 4029 (E), dated the 14th December, 2016; 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. 4029 (E), dated the 14th December, 2016; Now, Therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1), clauses (v) and (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, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide number S.O. 4029 (E), dated the 14th December, 2016, namely:- In the said notification, for paragraphs 5, the following paragraph shall be respectively substituted, namely: - “5. Monitoring Committee. - The Central Government hereby constitutes a committee for effective monitoring of the Provisions of this notification consisting of the following persons, namely:- i. Divisional Commissioner, Ujjain Chairman, ex officio; ii. District Collector, Mandsaur or Neemuch Member, ex officio; iii. Divisional Forest Officer Mandsaur or Neemuch Member, ex officio; iv. Chief Municipal Officer Nagar palika Mandsaur or Neemuch Member, ex officio; v. Superintendent Engineer, Public Health Department or Water Resources Department or Public Work Department or Madhya Pradesh Electricity Board Mandsaur or Neemuch vi. One expert in the area of ecology and environment to be nominated by the Government of Madhya Pradesh for a period of three years. Member; vii. One representative of Non-governmental Organisations working in the field of environment (including heritage conservation) to be nominated by the Government of Madhya Pradesh for a period of three years. Member; viii. Chief Executive Officer of Jila Panchayat, Mandsaur or Neemuch Member, ex officio; ix. Member of State Biodiversity Board Member, ex officio; x. Representative of the Town and Country Planning Board; Member, ex officio; xi. Representative of Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board Member, ex officio; xii. Chief Conservator of Forests, Ujjain. officio. (2) The Monitoring Committee shall, based on the actual site-specific conditions scrutinise, the activities covered in the Schedule to the notification of the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of Environment and Forest, vide number S.O. 1533 (E), dated the 14th September, 2006, and are falling in the Eco-sensitive Zone, except for the prohibited activities as specified in the Table under paragraph 4 thereof, and referred to the Central Government in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change or the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority, as the case maybe, for prior environmental clearances under the provisions of the said notification. (3) The activities not covered in the Schedule to the notification referred to in sub-paragraph (2) and falling in the Eco-sensitive Zone, except for the prohibited activities as specified in the Table under paragraph 4 thereof, shall be scrutinised by the Monitoring Committee based on the actual site-specific conditions and referred to the regulatory authorities. (4) The Member-Secretary of the Monitoring Committee or the Collector or the Deputy Conservator of Forests shall be competent to file complaint under section 19 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, against any person who contravenes the provisions of this notification. (5) The Monitoring Committee may invite a representative or expert from the Department, a representative from the industry associations or stakeholders to assist the committee in its deliberations depending on the requirements on a case to case basis. (6) The Monitoring Committee shall submit the action taken report of its activities annually for the period up to the 31st March of every year to the Chief Wildlife Warden by the 30th June of that year in proforma specified in Annexure-IV. (7) The Central Government may give such directions in writing, as it deems fit, to the Monitoring Committee for effective discharge of its functions”. Note.— The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide notification number S.O. 4029(E), dated the 14th December, 2016. and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. SARVESH KUMAR SRIVASTAVA