The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal has directed the Tamil Nadu State Coastal Zone Management Authority to resurvey the Kosasthalaiyar river in Ennore, Chennai, noting that the draft coastal zone plan released last year, was not in compliance with an earlier judgment passed by the tribunal. A complaint filed by P. Mahendran pointed out that the draft Coastal …
The National Green Tribunal’s order directing authorities to take the 1996 Coastal Zone Management Plan map with approved modifications in respect of Tiruvallur district while preparing the Coastal Zone Management Plan, “proved that industrialisation of the Ennore Creek and the Kattupalli island was based on fraud committed at the highest level, including by regulators”, environmental activists have claimed. While directing …
The Kerala High Court has observed that the inclusion of a land in Coastal Regulation Zone-III in the Coastal Zone Management Plan prepared as per the 2011 CRZ Notification is not a bar against objecting to the inclusion of the said land in a CRZ zone as per the CZMP to be made as per the 2019 CRZ Notification.A single …
