
CRZ panel for allowing more construction in grama panchayats
The Hindu
It has suggested moving developed grama panchayats to Zone 2 of the CRZ
The State’s coastal grama panchayats will have more land areas for construction if a recommendation by a government-appointed expert committee is approved.
A three-member expert committee, which was appointed to review the draft of the Coastal Zone Management Plan to be prepared as per the CRZ 2019 notification, is understood to have suggested moving all the developed grama panchayats of the State to Zone 2 of the CRZ from the current Zone 3.

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