Kyongnosla Alpine Sanctuary

6896 GI/202 3 (1) EXTRAORDINARY PART II —Section 3 —Sub-section ( ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 4560] NEW DELHI, TUES DAY , OCTOBER 31, 2023/ KARTIKA 9, 1945 CG-DL-E-31102023-249811 MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 27 October,2023 S.O. 4748(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 s ub-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 in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part -II, Section 3, Sub -section (ii) vide number S.O. 2168 (E), dated the 27th August, 2014; 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 (P rotection) Rules, 1986 for amending the notification number S.O. 2168 (E), dated the 27th August,2014; 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 t he 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, Forest and Climate Change, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part -II, Section 3, Sub -section (ii), vide notification number S.O. 2168 (E), dated the 27th August, 2014, namely: - In the said notification, - (a) in paragraph 2, for s ub-paragraph (1), the following sub -paragraph shall be substituted, namely: - “(1) The State Government shall, for the purpose of the Eco -sensitive Zone, prepare a Zonal Master Plan, in consultation with local people and in accordance with this notificatio n, within a period of two years from the 27th October, 2023”. (b) in paragraph 3, in sub -paragraph (10), the words, “and approved by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change”, shall be omitted. [F. No. 25/14/2013 -ESZ-RE] Dr. S. KERKETTA, Scient ist „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. 2168 (E), dated the 27th August , 2014. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of Indi a Press, Ring R oad, Mayapuri, New Delhi -110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi -110054.