The Hindu·4 min read·hard
Centre redefines Ganga floodplain, drops ‘construction-free zone’ provision
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The Indian government has amended the 2016 River Ganga protection order, removing the explicit 'construction-free zone' designation. The new policy introduces flood return periods to categorize land into active, regulatory, and warning zones.
The Centre has redefined the "active floodplain" of the Ganga and its tributaries and introduced regulatory and warning zones based on flood return periods.
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