Notification on Eco-Sensitive Zone

As a general principle, land falling within 10 kms of the boundaries of the National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries are categorised as Eco-Fragile Zones or Eco-sensitive Zones.
They are declared under the Environment Protection Act, 1986.
The purpose of declaring Eco-sensitive Zones around National parks and Sanctuaries is to create some kind of ”Shock Absorber” for the Protected Areas. They would also act as a transition zone from areas of high protection to areas involving lesser protection.
The activities in the eco-sensitive zones would be of a regulatory nature rather than prohibitive nature, unless and otherwise so required.

Deepor Beel (Beel means wetland or large aquatic body in Assamese) located about 10 km Southwest of Guwahati city is considered as one of the large and important riverine wetlands in the Brahmaputra Valley of lower Assam.
Deepor Beel is an open freshwater lake basin connected with a set of inflow and outflow channels.
Deepor beel is the State’s only Ramsar Site designated in 2002.
It has been selected as one of the Important Bird Area (IBA) sites by Birdlife International.
It is considered one of the staging sites for migratory birds in India; and for some of the large congregations of aquatic birds in Assam during winter.
The wetlands expand up to 30 sq. km in summer and reduce to about 10 sq. km in winter.
The wildlife sanctuary measures 4.1 sq. km within this wetland.

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified the eco-sensitive zone of Deepor Beel Wildlife Sanctuary on the southwestern edge of Guwahati.

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