Goemkarponn desk
PANAJI: The state government has issued a work order to National Centre for Earth Science Studies (NCESS) to draft CZMP based on CRZ 2019 notification.
Minister for Environment Nilesh Cabral said that the work order has been issued, and the first meeting with the agency will be held next week.
Cabral said that it is practically impossible to meet NGT’s March 2023 deadline to complete CZMP 2019.
The Environment Department had on April 27 sought quotations from the agencies notified by the Union Ministry for Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) to prepare CZMP 2019. A total of seven notified agencies were approached.
Only NCESS and National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM), Chennai, were quoted for the project. NCSCM has drafted CZMP 2011 plan for Goa, which is yet to be finalized. While NCSCM quoted Rs 3.89 crore, NCESS quoted Rs 85.54 lakhs to prepare the plan.
The CRZ Notification 2019 regulates foreshore developmental activities and ports and harbours are prohibited in high erosion stretches.
