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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-24032025-261886
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 1339]
NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 2025/PHALGUNA 30, 1946
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 21st March, 2025
S.O. 1357(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 Umred Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide number S.O. 837(E), dated the 16 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. 837(E), dated the 16 March, 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. 837(E), dated the 16 March,
2017, namely:-
In the said notification, for paragraphs 5 and 6, the following paragraph shall be respectively substituted, namely: -
"5. Monitoring Committee. - The Central Government hereby constitutes a Monitoring Committee consisting
of the following persons, namely:-
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| (i) | Collector, Nagpur District | Chairman, ex officio; |
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| (ii)| A Representative of Collector, Bhandara District | Member, ex officio; |
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| (iii)| A Representative of Zilla Parishad, Nagpur District | Member, ex officio; |
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| (iv)| A Representative of Zilla Parishad, Bhandara District | Member, ex officio; |
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| (v) | A representative of Non-Governmental Organisation working in | Member; |
| | the field of environment to be nominated by the Government of | |
| | Maharashtra from time to time every three years. | |
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| (vi)| One expert in the area of ecology and environment to be | Member; |
| | nominated by the Government of Maharashtra from time to time | |
| | every three years. | |
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| (vii)| The Regional Officer, Maharashtra State Pollution Control | Member, ex officio; |
| | Board, Mumbai | |
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| (viii)| A Representative of Chief Conservator and Field Director, Pench | Member, ex officio; |
| | Tiger Project, Nagpur District | |
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| (ix)| Senior Town Planner of the area, Bhandara District | Member, ex officio; |
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| (x) | Senior Town Planner of the area, Nagpur District | Member, ex officio; |
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| (xi)| A representative of the Department of Environment, Government | Member, ex officio; |
| | of Maharashtra | |
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| (xii)| Member of State Biodiversity Board | Member, ex officio; |
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| (xiii)| Deputy Conservator of Forests, Bhandara | Member, ex officio; |
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| (xiv)| Deputy Conservator of Forests, Nagpur | -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 (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 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 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 Department concerned, representative
from industry associations or concerned 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 by the 30th June of that year to the Chief Wildlife Warden of the State in pro-forma
specified in Annexure-V, appended to this notification.
(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. 25/44/2015-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. 837(E), dated the 16 March, 2017.