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Island Protection Zone (IPZ), 2019
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- The MoEFCC has notified Island Protection Zone (IPZ) 2019 for Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
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- IPZ Notification, 2019:(1) The notification relaxes development norms in the islands compared to the IPZ notification of 2011.(2) This stipulated a no-development zone (NDZ) of 200 metres from the HTL for all islands.(3) This brings the norms for Andaman and Nicobar at par with CRZ norms for other islands close to the mainland and backwater islands where an NDZ only 20 metres from HTL has been stipulated.(4) The legal changes in the IPZ are aligned with the Niti Ayog’s proposal for holistic development in the Islands which is being taken forward under the guidance of the Island Development Agency.
- Features of the IPZ, 2019:(1) It allows for eco-tourism activities like mangrove walks, tree huts and nature trails in island coastal regulation zone IA.(2) Allows for construction of roads, roads on stilts by reclaiming land in exceptional cases for defence installations, public utilities or strategic purposes in eco-sensitive zones.(3) It states that in case construction of such roads pass through mangroves, a minimum three times the mangrove area destroyed during the construction process shall be taken up for compensatory plantation of mangroves elsewhere.(4) The new notification also allows a number of new activities in the inter-tidal zone between low tide line and HTL.(5) This includes land reclamation and bunding for foreshore facilities like ports, harbours, jetties, wharves, quays, sea links etc, transfer of hazardous substances from ships to ports, manual mining of atomic minerals, and mining of sand with permission from local authorities in non-eco-sensitive sites.
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Indian express