CRZ Clearance

  • The area between High Tide Line (HTL)  and Low Tide Line ( LTL ) and area  up to 500 metres towards landward side from  HTL   have been  notified as Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ )  through CRZ notification dated  Jan 1991 under E(P) Act 1986.
  • Also the river bank on either side of the estuaries is declared as CRZ.
  • Before starting the establishment of any activities in the CRZ needs permission from concerned authority. I.e. either from the Department of Forest and Environment of concerned state or from Ministry of Environment and Forest of Central Govt. of India depending upon the investment.