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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-19042025-262539
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 1764]
NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2025/CHAITRA 27, 1947
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 17th April, 2025
S.O. 1797(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 City Bird Sanctuary, Chandigarh in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section
3, Sub-section (ii), vide S.O. 69(E), dated the 10th January, 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. 69(E), dated the 10th January, 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. 69(E), dated the
10th January, 2017; namely: -
In the said notification, for paragraphs 5, the following paragraph shall be substituted, namely: -
"5. Monitoring Committee. – (1) The Central Government hereby constitutes a Monitoring Committee,
consisting of the following persons, namely :-
(i) Chief Wildlife Warden, Union territory of Chandigarh
(ii) Chief Architect, Union territory of Chandigarh
(iii) Chief Engineer, Union territory of Chandigarh
(iv) Chief Engineer, Municipal Corporation Union territory of Chandigarh
(v) Director Rural Development, Union territory of Chandigarh
(vi) Member Secretary, Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee, Union territory,
Chandigarh
(vii) A representative of Non-governmental Organisations working in the field of
environment to be nominated by the Government of Union territory
Chandigarh from time to time every three years
(viii) One expert in the area of ecology and environment to be nominated by the
Government of Union territory of Chandigarh from time to time every three
years
(ix) Member of State Biodiversity Board
(x) Deputy Conservator of Forest
- Chairman, ex officio;
-Member, ex officio;
-Member, ex officio;
-Member, ex officio;
-Member, ex officio;
-Member, ex officio;
-Member;
-Member;
-Member, ex officio;
and
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 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.
(3) The activities not covered in the Schedule to the notification referred to in sub-paragraph (2) 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.
(4) 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.
(5) 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.
(6) 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-V.
(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. 25/58/2014-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. 69(E), dated the 4th January, 2017.
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