(a) whether the Government of Gujarat has submitted an integrated project for
coastal conservation and management;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the project has been recommended for external assistance;
(d) if so, the details thereof; and
(e) the time by which it is likely to be done?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS
(SHRI NAMO NARAIN MEENA)
(a) & (b) The Central Government has initiated an Integrated Coastal Zone Management
project based on the approach suggested by Prof. M. S. Swaminathan Committee that
reviewed the Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, 1991. One of the States identified
for the project is Gujarat. Government of Gujarat has also communicated their
acceptance for implementing the project in Gujarat.
(c) & (d) For implementing the above project the Central Government has sought technical
and financial assistance from multilateral donor agencies including World Bank.
The project includes demarcation of vulnerability line, mapping of ecologically
sensitive areas, institutional development and capacity building and control of
pollution from land based activities and preparation of Integrated Coastal Zone
Management Plan for identified stretches of coastal areas of Gujarat.
(e) The identification mission of the World Bank has recently visited Gujarat
in October, 2006 and held discussions with State Government officials. As such no
time frame has been fixed in this regard.