S.O. 3099(E).WHEREAS, a draft notification, for declaring Eco-sensitive Zone around 97 protected areas in the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change number S.O. 1498(E), dated the 26 thApril 2016, inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby within a period of sixty days from the date on which copies of the Gazette containing the said notification were made available to the public. The Gazette Notification is available at: http://www.moef.gov.in/sites/default/files/Andaman%20and%20Nicobar%20Islands%20Final%20notification.pdf