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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-22032025-261845
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 1316]
NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2025/PHALGUNA 29, 1946
1910 GI/2025
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 20th March, 2025
S.O. 1334.(E)— WHEREAS, the Central Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section
(1) and 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 Pamed Wildlife Sanctuary, Chhattisgarh in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide number S.O. 2273(E), dated the 19th July, 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. 2273(E), dated the 19th July, 2017;
NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) and 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. 2273(E), dated
the 19th July, 2017, namely:-
In the said notification, for paragraphs 5 and 6, the following paragraphs shall be substituted, namely: -
"5. Monitoring Committee. - There shall be a Committee to be known as Monitoring Committee constituted by
the Central Government which shall comprise of the following persons specified in the Table below,
namely:-
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| (i) | Divisional Commissioner, Jagdalpur | - Chairman, ex-officio; |
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| (ii)| Collector, Bijapur | - Member, ex-officio; |
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| (iii)| Deputy Director, Indravati National Park, Bijapur | - Member, ex-officio; |
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| (iv)| Chief Executive Officer, District Panchayat | - Member, ex-officio; |
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| (v) | Superintendent Engineer Public Works Department, Jagdalpur | - Member, ex-officio; |
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| (vi)| Superintendent Engineer Public Health Engineering, Jagdalpur | - Member, ex-officio; |
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| (vii)| one expert in ecology or wildlife from a reputed institution or | - Member; |
| | university to be nominated by the Government of Chhattisgarh | |
| | from time to time every three years | |
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| (viii)| Member-Secretary or Member, State Biodiversity Board | - Member, ex-officio; |
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| (ix)| one representative of a Non-governmental Organisation | - Member; |
| | working in the field of Environment or Wildlife (including | |
| | heritage conservation) to be nominated by the Government of | |
| | Chhattisgarh from time to time every three years | |
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| (x) | Representative of the Town and Country Planning Department | - Member, ex-officio; |
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| (xi)| Representative of State Pollution Control Board | - Member, ex-officio; |
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| (xii)| Chief Conservator of Forest (Wildlife) and Project Director, | Member Secretary, |
| | Indrawati National Park, Jagdalpur | ex- officio. |
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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 number S.O. 1533
(E), 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 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 concerned,
representative from industry associations or stakeholders to assist 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 proforma 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. 25/152/2015-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. 2273(E), dated the 19th July, 2017.
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