Department of Ecology & Environment (Government of Karnataka)

Coastal zone management - Department of Ecology and Environment (Government of Karnataka) (1991)

This document describes the Karnataka coastal zone management plan and the details of the authorities involved in the implementation of the plan.

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The central government has declared the coastal stretches of seas, bays, estuaries, creeks, rivers and back waters which are influenced by tidal action (in the landward side) up to 500 mts. from the High Tide Line (HTL) and the land between the Low Tide Line (LTL) and the HTL as “Coastal Regulation Zone” (CRZ), on 19.2.1991.

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