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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-15042025-262460
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 1690]
NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2025/CHAITRA 25, 1947
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 15th April, 2025
S.O. 1721(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 Sri Lankamalleswara Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide S.O. 1174(E), dated the 13th April, 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. 1174(E), dated the 13th April, 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. 1174(E), dated
the 13th April, 2017; namely: -
In the said notification, for paragraphs 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) District Collector, Kadappa - Chairman, ex officio;
(ii) One representative of Non-Governmental Organisation working in the field of - Member;
environment to be nominated by the Government of Andhra Pradesh from time to
time every three years
(iii) One expert in the area of ecology and environment to be nominated by the - Member;
Government of Andhra Pradesh from time to time every three years
(iv) Regional Officer, State Pollution Control Board - Member, ex officio;
(v) Municipal Commissioner or his representative of Kadappa Town - Member, ex officio;
(vi) Divisional Forest Officer, Proddatur Wildlife Division - Member, ex officio;
(vii) Representative of the Department of Environment, Government of Andhra - Member, ex officio;
Pradesh
(viii) Member-Secretary or Member of the State Biodiversity Board Member, ex officio
(ix) Representative of the Department of Urban Development, Government of - Member, ex officio;
Andhra Pradesh
(x) Deputy Conservator of Forests or Divisional Forest Officer, Kadappa Division - 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 Forests, vide 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 representative or expert from the Department, 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. 25/08/2015-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 S.O. 1174 (E), dated the 13th April, 2017.