SUBJECT:

TOWN PLANIING
(MoEFCC)

G R O U P
MEMBERS:
MANAS TELAVANE
ABHISHEK PARAB
SAKSHI SHINDE
NRUPA JOSHI
BHARGAVI HARPUDE
KSHIPRA SHAH
TEJAS SHINDE
INTRODUCTION

(MoEFCC)Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change came into existence in the year
1985 by the annual budget of 2675.42 crore INR (2018-19 est.). The current minister of MoEFCC is Prakash
Javadekar.

The primary concerns of the Ministry are implementation of policies and programmes related to the
conservation of the country's natural resources including its lakes and rivers, its biodiversity, forests and
wildlife, ensuring the welfare of animals, and the prevention and abatement of pollution.

While implementing these policies and programmes, the Ministry is guided by the principle of sustainable
development and enhancement of human well-being.

The broad objectives of the Ministry are :

§ Conservation and survey of flora and fauna

§ Prevention and control of pollution
§ Afforestation and regeneration of degraded areas
§ Protection of the environment
§ Ensuring the welfare of animals
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INTRODUCTION TO THE MISSION

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) is the nodal agency in the
administrative structure of the Central Government for the planning, promotion, co-ordination and
overseeing the implementation of India's environmental and forestry policies and programmes.

The mission of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) is to plan, promote, co-
ordinate and oversee the implementation of India's environmental and forestry policies and programmes.

The Ministry Aims for:

§ Creating green buffer zone along the roads.

§ Providing mechanical street sweepers.
§ Organizing public awareness and capacity building activities.
§ Installation and commissioning of continuous ambient air quality monitoring stations (CAAQMS).
§ Providing water sprinklers.
§ Mobile enforcement units.

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MAJORLY FUNCTIONS ON:

§ Management of environment and ecology.

§ Matters relating to environment pollution control.
§ Conservation of forests and development of forest resources (government and private), forest inventory,
grading and quality control of forest products.
§ Forestation and regeneration of forest extraction of forest produce.
§ Plantation of exotic cinchona and rubber.
§ Botanical gardens and botanical surveys.
§ Tree plantation.
§ Planning cell is responsible for preparation of schemes and coordination in respect of forest.
§ Research and training in forestry.
§ Mechanized forestry operations.
§ Protection of wild birds and animals and establishment of sanctuaries.
§ Matters relating to marketing of forest produce.
§ Liaison with international organizations and matters relating to treaties and agreements with other
countries and world bodies relating to subjects allotted to this Ministry.

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WORKS BY THE MINISTRY AT NATIONAL LEVEL
A] NATIONAL CLEAN AIR PROGRAMME
AIMS:
• Creating green buffer zone along the roads.
• Providing mechanical street sweepers.
• Organizing public awareness and capacity building activities.
• Installation and commissioning of continuous ambient air quality monitoring stations (CAAQMS).
• Providing water sprinklers.
• Mobile enforcement units.
APPRECIATION:
• Augmenting Air Quality Monitoring Network.
• Inclusion of Air Quality Management Plan for 100 Non-Attainment Cities.
• Allocation of specific budget for strengthening air quality monitoring and forecasting mechanism along with other activities under
section 7.2 of the Concept Note.
CRITICISM:
• Absence of pollution reduction targets of 35 % in three years and 50% in five years is grave concern, which was deliberated in MOEFCC as
per the file notings and was also communicated by the Minister to the press earlier.
• NCAP has outsourced all responsibility to States by only focussing on 100 cities. It has ignored polluting sectors like industry and coal
thermal power plants which are regulated by the central government. For the NCAP to be effective, it has to take a regional approach and
emissions from industry and power sectors have high impact at the regional level and not at a city level. To tackle long ranging pollutants,
it will be crucial to have detailed plan on sectors outside city limits .

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B] ACTION PLAN IN 100 BEACHES OF INDIA
AIMS:
• Protecting and sustaining coastal environment and communities along with sustainable beach tourism.
• To promote eco friendly infrastructure, pollution abatement, safety, security and education.

C] JAL ABHAYARANYA PROGRAMME

AIMS:
• Inventorization of nearly 1 lakh springs with identification and compilation of information on drying springs.
• Rejuvenation of identified springs to be taken up in the next five years targeting the most vulnerable districts in the first year.
• Implementation in collaboration with the village panchayats, state governments particularly the state forest departments in all 12 indian
Himalayan region(IHR) States.

D] RESTORATION & REJUVENATION OF 100 MAJOR WETLANDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AIMS:
• Preparation of brief documents.
• Community participation in the form of ‘Wetland Mitras’ for each wetland.
• Monitoring health of wetlands through ‘Wetland Health Cards’.
• Preparation of integrated management plans for wetlands.

E] A PROGRAMME TO DOUBLE THE NUMBERS OF PLANTED TREES

AIMS:
• Involvement of government and non-government organizations through participation of people/communities.
• Intensive afforestation in all districts, especially the water stressed districts to facilitate the jal shakti abhiyan.

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 CONCLUSION
§ MUMBAI- the images we conjures up are skyscrapers, wide roads, houses with sea-views, land of opportunity etc.
§ City is full of paradoxes, however mumbai plays a vital role as considered as a capital of Maharshtra and commercial
capital of INDIA.
§ Pollution, population and lack of space is now been described as an ultimate problem of Mumbai while relegating the
acute problem of environmental degradation into oblivion. The city has been habitated by the sudden attacks of nature,
eg. Leopard attacks in a bustling city, landslides, abnormally high temperatures in summers, erratic rainfall have
always given a red signal for stoppage of creating an environment mess in a city.
§ However, sanction of hazardous policies and projects like the Bandra-Worli sea-link , the biggest symbol of the
destruction of mangroves is the Bandra-Kurla complex which has been built on reclaimed land almost and choked the
mouth of Mithi river.
Overall,Mumbai has lost almost 40% to reclamation of land for construction and developmental projects.
• 300 acres was sanctioned to build the Esselworld amusement park in the Gorai creek at Borivali and a golf course at
Andheri.
• The alone Eastern Express Highway over 12,000 trees were cut down.
• MMRDA's road development projects for which in the last 12 months, the Tree Authority issued a total of 3,503
permissions to cut trees.

The existence of this green space is being threatened by illegal construction activity, encroachment by slums and
quarrying, we as a citizen need to look at this seriously and should realize the importance of green spaces as the mumbai
is survived on these two greenaries i.e SGNP and Aaray colony. And also MoEF should strictly bring norms to prevent the
city from illegal cutting of tress and also the illegal encroachment of the tribal people.
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