MANU/ENVT/0038/2015

Ministry : Ministry of Environment and Forests

Notification No. : SO2262(E)

Date of Notification : 19.08.2015

Date of Publication : 19.08.2015

Notification/ Circulars Referred : Number S.O. 2499 (E), dated the 24th September, 2014 MANU/ENVT/0063/2014;Number S.O. 908 (E), dated the 25th September 2000 MANU/ENVT/0017/2000

Citing Reference:
Number S.O. 2499 (E), dated the 24th September, 2014 MANU/ENVT/0063/2014  Referred

Number S.O. 908 (E), dated the 25th September 2000 MANU/ENVT/0017/2000  Referred

Central Government hereby notifies an area up to one hundred meter from the eastern, western and southern boundary and an area up to 1.27 kilometers from the northern boundary of the Okhla Bird Sanctuary in the State of Uttar Pradesh and the National Capital Territory of Delhi, as Okhla Bird Sanctuary Eco-sensitive Zone.

S.O.2262(E).--Whereas, a draft notification, for declaration of Eco-sensitive Zone (ESZ) around Okhla Bird Sanctuary in the National Capital Territory of Delhi and the State of Uttar Pradesh was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii) vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change number S.O. 2499 (E), dated the 24th September, 2014, inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby within a period of sixty days from the date on which copies of the Gazette containing the said notification were made available to the public;

And whereas, copies of the Gazette containing the said notification were made available to the public on 24th September, 2014;

And whereas, all objections and suggestions received from all persons and stakeholders in response to the draft notification have been duly considered by the Central Government;

And whereas, the Central Government considers that the Okhla Bird Sanctuary is located in the National Capital Region (NCR) at the point where the river Yamuna leaves the territory of the National Capital Territory of Delhi and enters the State of Uttar Pradesh;

And whereas, the boundaries of Okhla Bird Sanctuary are as follows:-