6. Forests, Wildlife and Environment - Tamil Nadu Government
6. Forests, Wildlife and Environment - Tamil Nadu Government
6. Forests, Wildlife and Environment - Tamil Nadu Government
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The Coastal Regulation Zone will cover the part of the coastal area of<strong>Tamil</strong> <strong>Nadu</strong> from Palar River Mouth to Thengapattinam in Kanyakumari Districtincluding tidal influenced water bodies. Work has been undertaken to prepareHigh Tide Line (HTL) demarcated digitized Coastal Village maps in the scale of1:5000 for easy identification of CRZ areas with reference to the Coastal ZoneNotification, 1991.Under the World Bank assisted Emergency/TsunamiReconstruction Project, the work of demarcation of HTL <strong>and</strong> superimposingthe same on village cadastral map has been entrusted to the Institute of RemoteSensing, Anna University, Chennai <strong>and</strong> the work is in progress <strong>and</strong> will becompleted by April 2008.<strong>Tamil</strong> <strong>Nadu</strong> State Coastal Zone Management Authority (TNSCZMA)The Secretary to <strong>Government</strong>, <strong>Environment</strong> <strong>and</strong> Forest Department,<strong>Government</strong> of <strong>Tamil</strong> <strong>Nadu</strong> is the Chairman, Director of <strong>Environment</strong> <strong>and</strong>Forest Department is the Member-Secretary of the TNSCZMA. The Authorityhas the power to take measures for protecting <strong>and</strong> improving the quality ofthe coastal environment <strong>and</strong> preventing, abating <strong>and</strong> controlling environmentalpollution in the coastal areas of the State of <strong>Tamil</strong> <strong>Nadu</strong>.Other International Protocols And LawsBesides monitoring International Protocols like Clean DevelopmentMechanism (CDM) <strong>and</strong> Montreal Protocol on ozone depleting substances (ODS),the directorate is also responsible for monitoring the following centralnotifications likelUse of Fly Ash from Thermal Power Plants2 Bio medical waste (Management <strong>and</strong> H<strong>and</strong>ling) Rules 19983 Ozone Depleting Substance (Regulation) Rules 2000The awareness programmes <strong>and</strong> workshops on these subjects are alsoconducted by the directorate largely through networking with schools <strong>and</strong>non-governmental organizations.276