Chennai: The new draft CRZ notification by the Union ministry of environment, forests & climate change has come out with major recommendation to give a fillip to the tourism projects in the coastal areas of the country where many tourism projects hit a roadblock owing to stringent regulatory framework.
Among the key recommendations of the proposed notification is exemptions in CRZ-IA areas, which are classified as most sensitive and generally no activities shall be permitted to be carried out.
The draft proposes eco-tourism activities like mangrove walks, tree huts and nature trails on identified stretches areas subject to such eco-tourism plan featuring in the approved CZMPs with due consultative process/ public hearing etc. and further subject to environmental safeguards and precautions related to the ecologically sensitive areas, as enlisted in the CZMPs.
