The Supreme Court, ordered to remove all the structures which were built in violation of Coastal Regulation Zone within the prohibited area of CRZ Category in Maradu Municipality of Ernakulam District in Kerala.
About the Issue :
- The order came on a special leave petition (SLP) filed by the Kerala Coastal Zone Management Authority (KCZMA).
- SC noted that when the construction has been raised by the builders in the matters, the area was within CRZ-III.
- With respect to CRZ-III, the area of 200 meters from the High Tide Line is no development zone. Therefore, No construction shall be permitted within this zone except for repairs of the authorized structures not exceeding existing FSI.
- The bench also took judicial notice of the floods faced by the state last year and observed that it had taken place ‘due to such unbridled construction activities resulting into colossal loss of human life and property’.
- SC observed that the construction activities in the notified CRZ areas can be permitted only in consultation with and concurrence of the Coastal Zone Management Authority.
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