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2,130 Kerala islands now under CRZ cover
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- As many as 2,130 backwater islands of Kerala, including Maradu, have been brought under the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) regime thereby imposing curbs on development activities.
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- Development Activity: No new development activity will be permitted in these islands in an area between the High Tide Line (HTL) and 50 metres towards the landward side, which is the CRZ area of these islands.
- High tide line: The HTL is the line on the land up to which the highest water line reaches during the spring tide.
- It’s for the first time that a list of Kerala islands is being drawn up. It was prepared by the National Centre for Earth Science Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, for Kerala Coastal Zone Management Authority.
- About National Centre for Earth Science Studies:
(1) It’s an autonomous research centre under the Earth System Science Organization (ESSO) of MoES.
(2) It was instituted by the government of Kerala in 1978, at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. CESS was the earliest institute in the country to embrace the concept of Earth System Science.
(3) It promotes scientific and technological research and development studies in the earth sciences.
Sources
The Hindu