Lok Sabha Question No. 1935 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-19
Subject: No-Development Zones
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Pinaki Misra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1935

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.12.2022

## No-Development Zones

## 1935. SHRI PINAKI MISRA:

Will the MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has conducted any recent studies to understand the consequences of unsustainable urbanisation in coastal areas and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether it is a fact that coastal lands previously designated as 'No-Development Zones' have been reduced and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government has any data on climate change induced migration from coastal areas between 2012-22 and if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (d) if  not,  the  reasons  therefor  and  whether  the  Government is planning to conduct such a study in the future?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a)  to  (d).The  Ministry  of  Environment,  Forest  and  Climate  Change  issued  the  Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification vide G.S.R 37(E), dated 18/01/2019 in supersession of the CRZ Notification issued vide S.O. 19(E), dated 06/01/2011. As per the said Notifications, coastal areas are declared as Coastal Regulation Zone. As per the CRZ Notification 2019, the CRZ-III area has been further classified as CRZ-IIIA and CRZ-IIIB based on the population density as per the 2011 census. The 'No Development Zone (NDZ)' in CRZ-IIIA and CRZ-IIIB as per CRZ Notification 2019 is 50 m and 200 m respectively, from High Tide Line (HTL) towards landward side.The  NDZ along the tidally  influenced  water  bodies  in  the  mainland  coast  is  50  m  or  the width of the Creek, etc. whichever is less and for the island it is 20 m.

Further, as per the Island Coastal Regulation Zone notification issued vide S.O.1242(E), dated 8 th March, 2019 in supersession of Island Protection Zone Notification, issued vide S.O.20 (E),dated the 6 th January, 2011, Group-I and Group-II Islandsin the Andaman & Nicobar shall have NDZ of 100 m and 50 m respectively from the HTL on the landward side, and 20 m or the width of the Creek etc., whichever is less, along the tidally influenced water bodies. For other smaller islands in the Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep, NDZ shall be 20 m.

Migration/displacement of affected people may be due to economic, social, political and other  factors.  It  may  be  temporary  or  permanent,  short  term  or  long-term  depending  on  the underlying  cause(s)  of  displacement.There  is  no  established  study  for  India  providing  a quantified  attribution  of  climate  change  triggering  migration/displacement  of  people.  While many  studies  monitor  extreme  events  in  the  environment,  the  science  of  attribution  of  these changes particularly to climate change and further linking this to migration is far more complex and  currently  an  evolving  subject.  Further,  according  to  'World  Migration  Report  2022' published by the International Organization for Migration, the leading causes of the displacement of  millions  of  people  during  the  last  two  years  have  been  conflict  or  severe  economic  and political instability. According to the saidReport, the bulk of the weather-related displacements are however short-term evacuations in a relatively orderly and safe manner.

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