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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-22042025-262618
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 1783]
NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2025/VAISAKHA 2, 1947
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 22nd April, 2025
S.O. 1816(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 the Bir Mehas Wildlife Sanctuary, Punjab in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II,
Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide S.O. 350(E), dated the 6th February, 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. 350(E), dated the 6th February, 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 S.O. 350(E), dated the 6th February, 2017, namely:-
In the said notification, for paragraph 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 Conservator of Forests (Wildlife), Government of Punjab
(ii) Representative of Department of Rural Department, Government of
Punjab
(iii) Regional Officer, Punjab State Pollution Control Board
(iv) One representative of Non-Governmental Organisations working in
the field of environment to be nominated by the Government of
Punjab from time to time every three years
(v) One expert in the area of ecology and environment to be nominated
by the Government of Punjab from time to time every three years
(vi) Representative of Urban Department, Government of Punjab
(vii) Representative of Department of Agricultural, Government of Punjab
(viii) Representative of District Collector, Patiala
(ix) Member of the Punjab State Biodiversity Board
(x) Divisional Forest Officer (In-charge of Protected Area)
(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-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.".
-Chairman, ex officio;
Member, ex officio;
- Member, ex officio;
-Member;
-Member;
Member, ex officio;
Member, ex officio;
Member, ex officio;
Member, ex officio;
-Member Secretary, ex officio.
[F. No. 25/28/2014-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. 350(E), dated the 6th February, 2017.