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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-22032025-261817
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 1318] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2025/PHALGUNA 29, 1946
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 20th March, 2025
S.O. 1336(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 Nangal Wildlife Sanctuary, Punjab in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section
3, Sub-section (ii), vide number S.O. 840(E), dated the 16th March, 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. 840(E), dated the 16th March, 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, 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. 840(E), dated the
16th March, 2017, namely:-
In the said notification, for paragraphs 5 and 6, the following paragraphs shall be substituted, namely: -
"5. Monitoring Committee. - The Central Government constitutes a Committee to be known as Monitoring
Committee which shall comprise of the following persons, namely:—
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| (i) | Collector, Rupnagar, Punjab | Chairman, ex officio; |
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| (ii) | One representative of Non-governmental Organisation working in the | Member |
| | field of environment (including heritage conservation) nominated by the | |
| | Government of Punjab for a period of three years. | |
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| (iii) | An expert in the area of ecology and environment nominated by the | Member |
| | Government of Punjab for a period of three years. | |
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| (iv) | Member of Punjab State Biodiversity Board | Member, ex officio; |
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| (v) | Regional Officer, Punjab state Pollution Control Board | Member, ex officio; |
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| (vi) | Range Officer (Wildlife) Nurpur Bedi | Member, ex officio; |
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| (vii) | Deputy Superintendent of Police, Anandpur Sahib | Member, ex officio; |
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| (viii)| Senior Veterinary Officer, Nurpur Bedi | Member, ex officio; |
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| (ix) | Deputy Conservator of Forest | Member Secretary, ex |
| | | officio. |
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6. Functions of the 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 number S.O. 1533 (Ε),
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 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 as 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.
(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 stakeholders to assist the committee in its deliberations depending on the
requirements on case to case basis.
(5) The Monitoring Committee shall submit the annual action taken report 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-IV.
(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. 25/131/2015-/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. 840 (E), dated the 16th March, 2017.