6. Forests, Wildlife and Environment - Tamil Nadu Government

Department, Fisheries, Ports andIndustries have also important role in thecoastal development. A pilot integratedCoastal Zone Management Plan involvingvarious departments, agencies and all thestakeholders is being prepared for thePulicat to Palar stretch of Tamil Nadu coastby the Institute of Ocean Management,Anna University, Chennai with a totalsanctioned amount of Rs. 0.1 crore.As part of its activities inCoastal Effluent Monitoring:implementing the Coastal Regulation ZoneOn Shore Effluent DischargesNotification, wherein 500 mts. from HTLhas been defined as Coastal Regulation Zone, the Government of India, haveemphasized that violation of the rules along the coast should be checked bythe State Government through increased surveillance. A green squad for coastalconservation for checking Coastal Regulation Zone violations has been formed.A sum of Rs.2 lakh has been sanctioned as recurring expenditure towards thefunctioning of the coastal green squad.6.2.7. Eleventh Five Year PlanObjectivesThe objectives of the Eleventh Five Year Plan areto evolve environmental policy frame work for sustainablemanagement of the resources of the Stateto integrate conservation and development and to bring out soundresource management for economic development of the State.to restore and rehabilitate the ecologically fragile and sensitive ecosystemsby ameliorative managementto deal with all aspects of environment other than those dealt withby Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board from time to time.278