The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has issued a checklist for examining clearances to projects which attract the Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, 1991.
This comes in the wake of the controversy over the violation of ecological rules by the Adarsh housing society here, meant for widows of Kargil heroes and later taken by a combine of influential figures. The aim is to avoid a repeat of Adarsh-related scams and to ensure adherence to the notification by project developers.
MoEF had already said Adarsh did not get CRZ clearance, either from the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority, the state government or from the Centre.
Ministry sources told Business Standard any project developer needs to check if the relevant map was prepared by an authorised agency in line with the ministry