Section 11. Heritage Building, Site in Environmentally Sensitive Areas.

(1) The Government may take steps to declare areas where heritage building, site falling in environmentally sensitive areas. Within such areas, any class of industries, operations, processes construction or development activities shall be regulated, or shall not be carried out without certain safeguards. (2) Without affecting the generality of sub-section (1), the regulations can apply to, but not restricted to, the following land use especially conversion of land from green uses such as horticulture areas, agriculture, parks, open space, wetlands, grasslands, etc., to non green use, building including floor area ratio, height, coverage and design, location and type of industries carrying out mining, tree felling, tourism activities ground water usage, use of plastic and other non degradable substances hazardous substances, construction on hill slopes, discharge of effluents soil waste disposal, noise pollution, traffic development at around or effecting heritage sites. (3) Government shall stipulate the preparation of Master Plan in a time bound manner which will regulate such areas under such plan and such other related matters. (4) Before declaring any area where heritage building, site falling in an environmentally sensitive area and before sanctioning the above guidelines, the Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette and in leading newspapers invite suggestions and objections from the public within a period of sixty days. (5) Notwithstanding anything mentioned in sub-section (4), the restrictions and stipulations specified in sub-sections, (1), (2) and (3) mentioned above shall come into force as soon as they are formulated.