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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-10012025-260140
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 189]
NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2025/PAUSHA 20, 1946
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 10th January, 2025
S.O. 191(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 Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary, Haryana in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary,
Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide number S.O. 3100(E), dated the 30th September, 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. 3100(E), dated the 30th September, 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. 3100(E), dated
the 30th September, 2016, namely:-
In the said notification, for paragraph 5 the following paragraphs shall be substituted, namely: -
"5. Monitoring Committee. - (1) The Central Government hereby constitutes a committee for effective
monitoring of the Provisions of this notification consisting of the following persons, namely:-
(a) Deputy Commissioner, Jhajjar Chairman, ex officio;
(b) Additional Deputy Commissioner, Jhajjar Member, ex officio;
(c) One representative of Non-Governmental Organisation working in
the field of environment (including heritage conversation) to be Member
nominated by the Government of Haryana after every three years
(d) One expert in the area of ecology and environment from a reputed
Institution or University of the State to be nominated by the Member
Government of Haryana after every three years.
(e) Regional Officer, Haryana State Pollution Control Board Member, ex officio;
(f) District Town Planner, Jhajjar Member, ex officio;
(g) Divisional Wildlife Officer, Rohtak Member, ex officio;
(h) Representative of State Biodiversity Board Member, ex officio;
(i) Deputy Conservator of Forests (Territorial) Jhajjar Member Secretary, ex
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. 1553 (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 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 concerned.
(4) The Member-Secretary of the Monitoring Committee or the concerned Collector or the concerned 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 case to case basis.
(6) The Monitoring Committee shall submit the annual 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 pro forma
specified in Annexure-III appended to this notification.
(7) 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. 25/32/2014-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. 3100(E), dated the 30th September, 2016.