Lok Sabha Question No. 1321 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-08
Subject: Monitoring of CRZ Violations in Maharashtra
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Ms. Praniti Sushilkumar Shinde

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1321

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2025

## Monitoring of CRZ Violations in Maharashtra

## 1321. MS. PRANITI SUSHILKUMAR SHINDE:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has received reports of Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) violations in the State of Maharashtra in recent years;
- (b) if so, the number of such cases reported during the last five years, district-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has conducted any inspections or field verifications in coordination with the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA);
- (d) if so, the details and outcomes thereof; and
- (e) whether  any  directions  have  been  issued  to  strengthen  surveillance  and  enforcement against illegal coastal constructions?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE

(SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH)

(a) & (b): As per information received from Maharashtra Coastal Zone  Management Authority  (MCZMA),  the  district-wise  details  of  Coastal  Regulation  Zone  (CRZ)  violations recorded since 2019 and are as follows:

| Districts        |   Number of Case reported since 2019 |
|------------------|--------------------------------------|
| Mumbai City      |                                   58 |
| Mumbai Sub-urban |                                  249 |
| Thane            |                                  170 |
| Palghar          |                                   61 |
| Raigad           |                                  132 |
| Ratnagiri        |                                   36 |
| Sindhudurg       |                                   45 |
| Total            |                                  751 |

(c) to (e) : The Government of Maharashtra has constituted District Coastal Zone Monitoring Committees  (DCZMCs)  for  the  identification  of  and  action  on  CRZ  violation  cases,  vide Government Resolution dated 23/03/2011. The DCZMCs are empowered to carry out inspections and field verifications in respect of CRZ violations. Moreover, site inspections were conducted by MoEF&CC Regional Office along with MCZMA officials at Ratnagiri on 12/06/2021 and Show Cause Notices were issued to the violators based on site inspection findings.

As per the CRZ Notification, 2019, the State Government or the Union Territory CZMAs shall be primarily responsible for enforcement and monitoring of the Notification. To assist in this task, the State Government and the Union Territory shall constitute District-level Committees under the

Chairmanship of the concerned District Magistrate, including at least three representatives from the local traditional coastal communities including fisherfolk. The Maharashtra State Environment & Climate Change Department has issued Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) dated 15/03/2024 for addressing CRZ violations and sensitizing DCZMCs.

Moreover,  SCZMAs  have  been  empowered  under  Sections  5,  10,  and  19  of  the  Environment (Protection)  Act,  1986,  to  enforce  and  monitor  the  provisions  of  the  CRZ  Notification.  The Ministry has also been issuing directions to SCZMAs from time to time for identifying and taking action against violations. The National Coastal Zone Management Authority (NCZMA) in its 48 th meeting held on 26/09/2025, deliberated the matter and State/UT CZMAs are empowered to take action  against  such  violations  in  accordance  with  the  powers  already  delegated  to  all  Coastal States/UTs under Sections 5, 10, and 19 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

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