Centre relaxes construction hurdles in Ganga flood plain

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The Indian government has relaxed construction restrictions in the Ganga flood plain area, removing the 2016 blanket ban on construction. The new rules allow construction in zones with moderate or rare flooding, subject to regulatory clearances.

Removes 2016 order’s blanket declaration that the Ganga flood plain is a “contruction free zone”; new stratified definition may allow contruction in areas subject to moderate or rare flooding, subject to clearances