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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-03042025-262249
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 1574]
NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 2025/CHAITRA 13, 1947
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 3rd April, 2025
S.O. 1593(E).— WHEREAS the Central Government, 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 (3) of rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, issued a notification to declare
an Eco Sensitive Zone around Yashvantrao Chavan Sagareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra in the Gazette of
India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide S.O. 1565(E), dated the 15th May, 2017;
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. 1565(E), dated the 15th May, 2017;
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 in the Ministry of Environment and Forest and Climate
Change, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide S.O. 1565(E), dated
the 15th May, 2017, namely:-
In the said notification, for paragraph 5 and 6, the following paragraph shall be substituted namely: -
"5. Monitoring Committee. -The Central Government hereby constitutes a Monitoring committee
consisting of the following persons specified in the Table below, namely: -
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| | Position/Role | Designation/Status |
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| (i) | District Collector, Yavatmal – Sangli | Chairman; exofficio, |
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| (ii)| a representative of Non-Governmental Organisation working in the field of environment to be | Member; |
| | nominated by the Government of Maharashtra from time to time every three years. | |
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| (iii)| one expert in the area of ecology and environment to be nominated by the Government of | Member; |
| | Maharashtra from time to time every three years. | |
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| (iv)| Regional Officer, Maharashtra State Pollution Control Board, Mumbai | Member; exofficio, |
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| (v) | Senior Town Planner of the area, | Member; exofficio |
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| (vi)| a representative of the Department of Environment, Government of Maharashtra | Member; exofficio |
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| (vii)| Member of State Biodiversity Board | Member; exofficio |
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| (viii)| Divisional Forest officer, Sangli | Member Secretary exofficio.|
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6. Functions of Monitoring Committee. – (1) 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 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 may be, for prior environmental clearances
under the provisions of the said notification.
(2) The activities not covered in the Schedule to the notification referred to in sub-paragraph (1) 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 concerned regulatory authorities.
(3) 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.
(4) The Monitoring Committee may invite representative or expert from the Department concerned,
representative from industry associations or stakeholders to assist in its deliberations depending on the
requirements on case to case basis.
(5) The Monitoring Committee shall submit the annual action taken report of its activities for the period up
to the 31st March of every year by the 30th June of that year to the Chief Wildlife Warden of the State in
pro-forma specified in Annexure IV.
(6) The Central Government may give such directions in writing, as it deems fit, to the Monitoring Committee
for effective discharge of its functions.".
[F. No. 25/115/2015-ESZ-RE]
Dr. S. KERKETTA, Scientist "G"
Note.- The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section
(ii), vide notification number S.O. 1565(E), dated the 15th May, 2017.