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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | What the new Coastal Regulation Zone draft says, how it differs from the earlier version -Sowmiya Ashok

What the new Coastal Regulation Zone draft says, how it differs from the earlier version -Sowmiya Ashok

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published Published on Apr 23, 2018   modified Modified on Apr 23, 2018
-The Indian Express

The new draft if implemented will not only have an effect on how common areas used by fisherfolk are managed, but also bifurcate coastal zones along rural areas based on population density.

New Delhi:
The draft Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ), 2018, which was released by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) last week, has the potential to change the way coastal stretches in India are governed. India’s coastline runs over 7,500 kilometres.

The new draft if implemented will not only have an effect on how common areas used by fisherfolk are managed, but also bifurcate coastal zones along rural areas based on population density. Environmentalists claim that the draft has opened up fragile inter-tidal areas to real estate agents, and framed with an intent to favour large-scale industry at the cost of fishing communities.

Changes in the new draft

The purpose of the current notifications vis-à-vis the previous one released in 2011 remains more or less the same. The new draft aims to “conserve and protect the unique environment of coastal stretches and marine areas, besides livelihood security to the fisher communities and other local communities in the coastal areas and to promote sustainable development based on scientific principles taking into account the dangers of natural hazards, sea level rise due to global warming….”

A major change in the new draft pertains to the CRZ limits on land along “tidal influenced water bodies”. The proposed limit has been reduced from 100 metres to 50 metres or the width of the creek, whichever is less.

– Mapping of high tide and hazard lines

The draft makes the National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM) the final authority to lay down standards for High Tide Line (HTL). Earlier the demarcation was carried out by one of the agencies authorised by MoEF, on recommendations of the NCSCM. The hazard line, which was demarcated by the Survey of India (SOI), has been delinked from the CRZ regulatory regime, and will now be used as a “tool” for disaster management and planning of “adaptive and mitigation measures.” Pooja Kumar from the Chennai-based Coastal Resources Centre points out that the 2011 notification placed a lot of importance on the hazard line. “The 2018 notification takes away the protection that the hazard line could provide; instead, it merely states that the hazard line should be used as a tool for disaster management. This means that one can build in these areas after preparing an environment assessment report stating that certain precautions have been considered,” she said.

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The Indian Express, 23 April, 2018, http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/what-the-new-coastal-regulation-zone-draft-says-how-it-differs-from-the-earlier-version-5147723/


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