The Goa government will write to the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEF&CC) to designate low-lying coastal lands and mudflats ,known as "khazans," as ecosensitive zones, under the Coastal Zone Management Plan.
All khazans, aquaculture ponds and salt pans should be demarcated and categorised as eco-sensitive zones.
The Coastal Zone Management Plan is a mandatory requirement under the CRZ (Coastal Regulation Zone) notification with areas within 200 metres from the point of the highest water level during the yearly spring tide designated as eco-sensitive and earmarked as "no development" zones.
Lands falling with 500 metres of the high tide line are earmarked as "regulated."
In plantation campaign, govt aims at 3 lakh plants in a day
The Delhi government will conduct its mega plantation drive for this year on August 9, 2019 and has aimed to plant over 300,000 tree saplings and shrubs across the national capital.
Scarcity of land has forced the forest department to reduce the overall plantation target of 2019 to 2.4 million from 2018's 3.2 million.
Isapur village near southwest Delhi's Najafgarh has been identified as the main site for the mass drive to be launched by environment minister Kailash Gahlot.
Aug 04, 2019
Tigers in India face lurking threat from virus
A potential virus — Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) — that can be transmitted from CDV-infected dogs living in and around wildlife sanctuaries has started to raise concern among wildlife biologists.
Canine distemper is a contagious and serious disease caused by a virus that attacks the respiratory, gastrointestinal and nervous systems of puppies and dogs.
Aug 03, 2019
First Action Plan to Curb Noise Pollution
The Delhi government came up with its first action plan to curb noise pollution in the city.
The plan comprises various measures such as identifying noise pollution hotspots in the city, procuring hand-held devices for the police as well as civic agencies to better monitor sound pollution, and installing noise mufflers and noise curtains at various industrial and construction sites, among others.
The responsibilities of various government agencies, such as the Delhi Police, civic agencies, Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. (DSIIDC) and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) were fixed. All the agencies have been given deadlines by when they have to accomplish their tasks.
According to the plan, all civic agencies would have to identify noise hotspots within their jurisdiction by September 2019. The Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000 would be strictly implemented in these areas, along with the silence zones. An area of 100 metres around schools, hospitals, courts and government offices has been designated as silence zone.