Minutes of the nineteenth meeting of the national coastal zone management authority (NCZMA)
The 19th Meeting of the National Coastal Zone Management Authority (NCZMA) was held on 22nd January, 2010 in the Ministry of Environment and Forests. The meeting was chaired by Shri Vijai Sharma, Chairperson, NCZMA and Secretary, MoEF. The Chairman welcomed the Members of the NCZMA to the second meeting after its reconstitution. He highlighted the need for co-operation between State Coastal Zone Management Authorities (SCZMAs) & NCZMA for effective implementation of CRZ Notification 1991 and for protecting and improving the quality of Coastal Environment. The Chairman informed that the performances of all the SCZMA would be reviewed in the meetings of NCZMA and in this meeting three SCZMAs namely Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu would be reviewed for the first time.