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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-13032025-261606
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 1161]
NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2025/PHALGUNA 22, 1946
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 13th March, 2025
S.O. 1174(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 Kalesar National Park and Kalesar Wildlife Sanctuary, Haryana in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide number S.O. 1485(E), dated the 22nd April, 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. 1485(E), dated the 22nd April, 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. 1485(E), dated
the 22nd April, 2016, namely:-
In the said notification, for paragraphs 5, the following paragraph shall be substituted, namely: -
"5. Monitoring Committee. - The Central Government hereby constitutes a Monitoring Committee for effective
monitoring of the provisions of this notification consisting of the following persons, namely: -
a.
Deputy Commissioner, Yamuna Nagar
Chairman, ex officio;
b.
One representative of Non-Governmental Organisation working in the
field of environment (including heritage conversation) to be nominated
by the Government of Haryana for a period of three years
Member;
c.
Regional Officer, Haryana State Pollution Control Board, Yamuna
Nagar
Member, ex officio;
d.
District Town Planner, Yamuna Nagar
Member, ex officio;
e.
An expert in the area of ecology and environment to be nominated by
the Government of Haryana for a period of three years.
Member;
f.
Divisional Wildlife Officer, Panchkula
Member, ex officio;
g.
Deputy Conservator of Forests (Territorial), Yamuna Nagar
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. 1533 (E), dated the 14th September, 2006, and 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 that 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 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 concerned Department, a
representative from the industry associations or concerned 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-III.
(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. 25/31/2014-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 S.O. 1485(E), dated the 22nd April, 2016.