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The Pulicat Lake is the second largest brackish water lagoon wetland in India spread over Andhra
Pradesh and Tamil Nadu which attracts winter migratory birds and is an important feeding ground for a variety of aquatic and terrestrial birds and is famous for large number of migratory birds visiting during winter as the lake offers food and protection from predators. The Pulicat Bird Sanctuary extends to about 600 sq.km. in Andhra Pradesh. It is necessary to conserve and protect the area around the protected area of the sanctuary as eco-sensitive zone from ecological and environmental point of view. The Central Government proposes to notify an area of two kilometres from north to south all along the western boundary of the Pulicat Bird Sanctuary in the State of Andhra Pradesh as an eco-sensitive zone. A zonal master plan for the eco-senstive zone has to prepared by the state government in consultation with the local people. All activities in the eco-sensitive zone shall be governed by the provisions of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and regulated in a manner specified in the notification. A State Level Eco-sensitive ZoneMonitoring Committee will be formed by the Centre for effective monitoring of the eco-sensitive zone.