PANJIM: As the draft Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) recommends regularisation of traditional dwelling units of fishing community, the State government will undertake a detail survey of the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) belt within 100-200 metres of high tide line (HTL) to identify the housing needs and land ownership of the community.
Based on the findings of the survey, the individual proposals from the traditional fishermen for construction of dwelling units in the CRZ belt will be permitted on priority.
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The Department of Environment and Climate Change has constituted Fishery Planning Committee (FPC) comprising of representative of GCZMA, Directorate of Fisheries and three knowledgeable representative of fishermen community, to undertake the detail survey between 100 to 200 metres from the coast for identification of houses of local coastal communities.
The committee, headed by Director of Environment, is been constituted as per recommendation of the government appointed expert committee to draft a “Comprehensive Plan for Fishermen Community living in CRZ areas”.
The expert committee has already submitted the draft report, which is kept open for public suggestion and comments.
The committee has identified a total of 186 fishing wards, which are falling within or adjacent to the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ).
Director Environment Dasharath Redkar said that the expert committee in its comprehensive draft plan has recommended that the dwelling units of fishermen community can be considered for regularisation as per Clause 6 (D) of the CRZ Notification, 2011.
“It has proposed that to regularised dwelling units located within 200 to 500 metres from HTL provision of Clause 8 III of the CRZ Notification, 2011 to be relied upon to permit maximum possible extension of their units in accordance to the TCP regulations,” he added.
Redkar said that the FPC will undertake a detailed survey of the CRZ belt within 100 to 200 metres from HTL to identify the housing needs and land ownership of the traditional fishing community.
“The committee will undertake the detail survey between 100 and 200 metres from the coast for identification of houses of local coastal communities. Identification of fishermen houses in fishing wards, existing fishing infrastructure need for additional infrastructure location of net mending sheds, sheds canoe etc. with the assistance of taluka level committees,” he said adding that the committee has complete the exercise within 60 days.
“Individual proposals from the traditional fishermen for construction of dwelling units in the CRZ belt will be permitted on priority, based on the survey,” he said.
The FPC shall study the genuine needs of the major fishing villages in terms of the facilities needed and prepare indicative plan for the same, duly superimposed on the respective Cadastral Scale Village CRZ maps.
