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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-11042025-262396
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 1643]
NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2025/CHAITRA 18, 1947
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 8th April, 2025
S.O. 1674(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 Dinosaur National Park, Madhya Pradesh in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II,
Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide number S.O. 2669(E), dated the 17th August, 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. 2669(E), dated the 17th August, 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 number S.O.
2669(E), dated the 17th August, 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, namely: -
(i) Divisional Commissioner, Indore - Chairman, ex officio;
(ii) Chief Conservator of Forests, Indore - Member, ex officio;
(iii) District Collector, Dhar District Member, ex officio;
(iv) Executive Engineer Public Work Department, Dhar Member, ex officio;
(v) Executive Engineer, Public Health Department, Dhar Member, ex officio;
(vi) Chief Executive Officer of District Panchayat, Dhar Member, ex officio;
(vii) Representative of the Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control - Member, ex officio;
(viii) Board Member, State Biodiversity Board - Member, ex officio;
(ix) One representative of Non-Governmental Organisation -Member;
working in the field of environment nominated by the State
Government of Madhya Pradesh for time to time every three
years
(x) One expert in the area of ecology and environment nominated - Member;
by the State Government of Madhya Pradesh for time to time
every three years
(xi) Divisional Forest Officer, Dhar - Member Secretary, ex officio.
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 number S.O. 1533 (E), dated the 14th September, 2006, and
are falling in the Eco-sensitive Zone, except for the prohibited activities 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 are
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 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 a representative or expert from the Department, a representative
from the industry associations or the stakeholders to assist the committee in its deliberations depending
on the requirements on case to case basis.
(5) The Monitoring Committee shall submit the action taken report annually of its activities for the period
up to the 31st March of every year to the Chief Wildlife Warden of the State by the 30th June of that year
in pro-forma specified in Annexure-III.
(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. 25/183/2015-ESZ]
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 S.O. 2669 (E), dated the 17th August, 2017.