June 22: Mumbai:  Workshop on Draft Coastal Mgt. Zone

       This is to invite all concerned citizens, environmentalists, greens and right minded citizens to a workshop to discuss and finalize the objections / suggestions to the Draft Notification of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), which seeks to pave the way for unhindered "development" (and thus destruction) of our coasts. 

       It is essential that we all listen to the views of prominent activists / lawyers etc, brainstorm and decide what our protests would be as it has been observed that the said Draft aims to open up almost all our coastal regions for "development" in some way or the other. It is imperative that even if you, for some reason, could not attend then at least your objections be sent to the concerned authorities before the deadline of 30.6.2008.

       We are attaching the existing "Coastal Regulation Zone 1991" Regulations and the proposed Coastal Management Zone Notification with this e-mail. Do go through it and come prepared with your suggestions / objections so that it could be collated and a collective informed protest gets lodged with the MoEF.   The address and the e-mail id where our objections / suggestions could be sent is :--

Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex, Lodi Road, New Delhi – 110003, or electronically at e-mail address: secy@menf.nic.in

The details of the workshop are :

Subject : Finalizing of objections / suggestions for new proposed draft Coastal Management Zone Notification of the Ministry of Environment and Forests.

Venue : Indian Education Society's Management College,

3rd Flr., Room No. 303,
Near Lilavati Hospital, Bandra Reclamation,
Bandra West, Mumbai – 50.

Day, Date and Time : Sunday, 22nd June 2008, 11 am to 5 pm.

(Lunch at 1pm.

PLEASE NOTE :--  You are requested to confirm your attendance so as to make suitable arrangements for the catering. If the number if people, who have committed to attend, is less then we may have to cancel this meet.)

       Kindly do attend this workshop and spread the word to all whom you think would be interested.

       Editors / Reporters of print and electronic media are requested to attend and / or depute your reporters / assistants to cover this event.

       Let's do our bit to protect our coasts from the ravages of "development".

       With warm regards.

Debi Goenka (Conservation Action Trust)

Rishi Aggarwaal (Mangroves Society of India)

G R Vora  (Mangroves Society of India)
Vidya Vaidya (Mangroves Society of India)

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RSVP :

G R Vora.
Plot - 275 / 3, Gope Nivas, Sion E, Mumbai - 400022.
Ph - (022) 24091193 / 09869195785.

IF WE ARE NOT A PART OF THE SOLUTION,
THEN WE ARE A PART OF THE PROBLEM.

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