Case Study on CRZ
'CRZ violations led to high casualty'
COLACHAL (Tamil Nadu): While Tsunami could not have been avoided, death and destruction could have been minimised if the Central and Coastal states had taken heed to the coastal Zone Regulations Act notification of 1991 (CRZ) under the...
Case Study on Coastal Regulation Zone
Genesis of CRZ rules
Once upon a time, the city of Mumbai used to be adorned by sprawling expanses of mangrove forests at several places where land would meet the sea.
But much of these got slaughtered as the land sharks had their way, and impinged on...
Prohibited Activities at Coastal Zone
The following activities are declared as prohibited within the Coastal Regulation
Zone, namely:
(i) Setting up of new industries and expansion of existing industries, except
(a) Those directly related to water front or directly needing foreshore...
NOTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 3(1) AND SECTION 3(2)(v) OF THE
ENVIRONMENT (PROTECTION) ACT, 1986 AND RULE 5(3)(d) OF
ENVIRONMENT (PROTECTION) RULES, 1986, DECLARING COASTAL
STRETCHES AS COASTAL REGULATION ZONE (CRZ) AND
REGULATING ACTIVITIES IN THE CRZ.
The Central Government declared the coastal...
COASTAL ZONE PROBLEMS
Coastal zone faces a problem of environment degradation due to
following factors.
Population pressure
Wastewater deposal
Destruction of mangroves
Increasing Urbanization
Solid waste disposal
Coastal constructions
Natural Disasters
Impacts of ports
Coastal erosion...