Coastal Zones and its legal management in State of Gujarat, India

Abstract

India is one of the major coastal nations in the world it has 7516.6 km. The 5422.6 km. the mainland coastline and 2094 km of island territories. The Coastal Governance is based on accordance with central and state legislation, rule, notification, guidelines issued by the competent authorities from time to time. The Coastal Regulation Zone rules and notifications are prepared by Union Environment Ministry under section 3 of the Environment Protection Act, 1986 and it's implemented by the State Coastal Management Authorities (SCMA) of the particular coastal state. The Government revised the 1991 CRZ rules and come up with CRZ 2011 even in CRZ 2011 were unable to make satisfactory provisions related to the Coastal Development and Coastal Communities. For looking at the issue related to CRZ the Government of India appointed former secretary Dr Shailesh Nayak of the Ministry of Earth Sciences formed a committee in 2014, Shailesh Nayak Committee submitted its report to the MoEF in 2015. The 6 Member Committee as per the recommendation of the committee new CRZ rules were come in to picture in the year 2018 based on the Shailesh Nayak Committee dealing with the issue of Sustainable Development based on scientific principles and global warming, hazards, coastal and marine hazard. This research paper is any analysis of various laws and regulations governing and coastal management in state of Gujarat, India.