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Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has said that the demarcation of eco-sensitive zone around the Okhla Bird Sanctuary in the national capital region has been completed. He said a notification in this regard will be issued within a week time.
Mr. Javadekar told media in New Delhi that the announcement will come as a major relief to the people who have booked their flats in the area and invested huge amounts of their hard earned money.Earlier in the day, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the Ministry to issue the final notification on Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) around the sanctuary within three weeks Once the notification is issued, the government will allow the home buyers outside the ESZ to get occupancy certificates of their flats, which had been pending for quite some time.
The NGT had passed an order barring development of any infrastructure within ten-kilometre radius from the sanctuary’s boundary. Okhla Bird Sanctuary is at the Okhla barrage over Yamuna river and is situated in Noida Gautam Buddh Nagar district on Delhi-Uttar Pradesh state border. It is known as a haven for over 300 bird species, especially waterbirds.