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Bhubaneswar: Proposed central notification on River Regulation Zone, which seeks to declare river stretches and floodplain as conservation zones and regulate activities in these areas, would prevent progress of developmental activities in Orissa and is “non-implementable” in its present form, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Tuesday said.
In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday, Patnaik requested him “not to be in haste” in implementing the proposed notification. “…And urge upon you to ask the ministry of environment and forest and CC (climate change) to have detailed discussions with all states covering all aspects of the proposed notification,” he wrote.
Stating that the state government has already submitted its concern to the ministry, Patnaik said the draft notification on river regulation zone issued by the ministry of environment, forest and climate change under environment (protection) Act, 1986, will cause problem for states.
The draft notification seeks to declare river stretches and floodplain zones as river conservation zones and prohibit/regulate a large number of activities in these areas.
Three types of zones along the river banks have been identified – Prohibited Activities Zone (RCZ-PA), Restricted Activities Zone (RCZ-RAI) and Regulated Activities Zone (RCZ-RAII), Patnaik said.
