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17.3.1
Dahanu Regional Plan
The regional plan violates the MoEF notifications on coastal regulation zone (dated 19th
February 1991) and environmentally sensitive Dahanu Taluka (dated 20th June 1991),
and is also ecologically and environmentally unviable as the premises in planning are
not based on natural resource endowment (supportive capacity) and environmental
media quality (assimilative capacity).
The regional plan must have taken cognizance of the ecological fragility of the region, and should be based on following guidelines:
• The planning region should include all micro-watersheds in Dahanu Taluka and the
25 km buffer zone;
• The regional plan should delineate:
- landuse on 1 : 50 000 scale;
- ecologically harmonious economic activity typology and levels of each activity;
- activity zoning;
- technological and policy interventions to facilitate implementation of the regional plan;
- implementation and monitoring mechanisms;
• The regional plan should aim at:
- maximizing equitable quality of life levels;
- minimizing ecological loading (natural resource usage) in building regional economy;
- minimizing environmental status degradation.
Such an exercise would require estimation of supportive capacity of resources in
the region and assimilative capacity of environmental media to facilitate delineation
of preferred scenario for sustainable socio-economic growth:
• The regional plan should also provide operational directives for the preparation of
master plans for each urban/semi-urban settlements in Dahanu area
• The satellite imageries of 1996 with six metre resolution should be reckoned as the
existing landuse for preparation of the regional plan.
17.~.2
Protection and Preservation of Ecology
The recommended measures for protection and preservation of ecology are:
• Deployment of micro-water sheds as the basis for planning;
• Extensive mangrove plantation along the creeks and on wetlands;
• Protection and rejuvenation of wetlands;
• Protection of natural drainage channels;
• Ensuring free mixing of sea and creek waters;
• Landuse in harmony with land capability;
• Sustainable forest management with focus on protection of forest ecological characteristics, sustainable yields of economically useful forest products and services,
and sustenance of forest dependent human,institutions;
P. Khanna . P. Ram Babu . S.K. Gadkari
17.3.1
Dahanu Regional Plan
The regional plan violates the MoEF notifications on coastal regulation zone (dated 19th
February 1991) and environmentally sensitive Dahanu Taluka (dated 20th June 1991),
and is also ecologically and environmentally unviable as the premises in planning are
not based on natural resource endowment (supportive capacity) and environmental
media quality (assimilative capacity).
The regional plan must have taken cognizance of the ecological fragility of the region, and should be based on following guidelines:
• The planning region should include all micro-watersheds in Dahanu Taluka and the
25 km buffer zone;
• The regional plan should delineate:
- landuse on 1 : 50 000 scale;
- ecologically harmonious economic activity typology and levels of each activity;
- activity zoning;
- technological and policy interventions to facilitate implementation of the regional plan;
- implementation and monitoring mechanisms;
• The regional plan should aim at:
- maximizing equitable quality of life levels;
- minimizing ecological loading (natural resource usage) in building regional economy;
- minimizing environmental status degradation.
Such an exercise would require estimation of supportive capacity of resources in
the region and assimilative capacity of environmental media to facilitate delineation
of preferred scenario for sustainable socio-economic growth:
• The regional plan should also provide operational directives for the preparation of
master plans for each urban/semi-urban settlements in Dahanu area
• The satellite imageries of 1996 with six metre resolution should be reckoned as the
existing landuse for preparation of the regional plan.
17.~.2
Protection and Preservation of Ecology
The recommended measures for protection and preservation of ecology are:
• Deployment of micro-water sheds as the basis for planning;
• Extensive mangrove plantation along the creeks and on wetlands;
• Protection and rejuvenation of wetlands;
• Protection of natural drainage channels;
• Ensuring free mixing of sea and creek waters;
• Landuse in harmony with land capability;
• Sustainable forest management with focus on protection of forest ecological characteristics, sustainable yields of economically useful forest products and services,
and sustenance of forest dependent human,institutions;