STATE LEVEL

1. CHIEF MINISTER
a) Creation of State and District Coastal & Marine Ecology Expert Cadres,
b) Establishment of a Statutory Centre for Coastal & Marine Action Research

2. CHIEF SECRETARY
a) Creation of State and District Coastal & Marine Ecology Expert Cadres
b) Establishment of a Statutory Centre for Coastal & Marine Action Research
c) Urgent, strict enforcement of Environmental and Waste Management Rules (especially in vulnerable rural and coastal areas)
d) The institutional command to strengthen environmental governance capacity within State and Local Bodies
e) Direct Police Body Training & Enforcement Framework on Environmental Offences as a Public Order and Public Health Imperative, through
* Training & Curriculum Reform
* Enforcement & Vigilance Measures
* Awareness-Linked Enforcement
f) Ensure the rule of Environmental Law in Tourism Governance through the infra ENTICED INTERVENTIONS
* Commitment for an environmental priority of Tourism
* Enforce strict actions, through comprehensive frameworks, for all public and private stakeholders, along regular surveys of coastal regions to avoid the ongoing decline of environmental assets by tourism industry
* Create indicators for assessment of proposed tourism products
* Establish regulatory measures for tourism industry following careful planning for controlled environmental development
g) Foundation of Karnataka Environmental Service

3. ADDITIONAL CHIEF SECRETARY OF FEE AND RDPR
a) Dedicated State-level Environmental Enforcement Institution to address widespread environmental governance failures.
b) Creation of specialised coastal/marine ecological cadres to guide all coastal governing bodies with scientific expertise.
c) Coordinated interdepartmental action framework to restore, protect, and monitor the coastline (using existing technologies such as KSRSAC satellite systems).
d) Strengthen accountability mechanisms to ensure the responsible performance of officers and enforcement of environmental rules.
e) Local and State-level structural reforms, including ward-wise surveys, time-bound remedial action plans, strict CRZ compliance, ecological implementation of the
K-SHORE Project, and responsible execution of the Karnataka Tourism Policy 2024–29
f) Foundation of Karnataka Environmental Service

4. DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE
Strengthened Environmental Governance through the infra directions and interventions:
a) Prioritisation of strict and comprehensive vigilance over environmental nuisances.
b) Inclusion of environmental laws and offences as mandatory subjects in police induction and in-service training.
c) Immediate advisory to all Superintendents of Police regarding discontinuation of illegal flex usage.
d) Strict enforcement against Single-Use Plastics (SUPs), particularly at inter-district and inter-state borders.
e) Monitoring and interception of SUP carriage at police checkpoints.
f) Conduct of frequent enforcement drives against violations relating to SUPs, waste dumping, and waste burning.
g) Strict vigilance and enforcement against illegal dumping on land and water bodies, including marine environments.
h) Prevention of recurring non-enforcement through:
* Criminal investigation of egregious violations endangering public health & environment,
* Emergency response to hazardous discharges and spills,
* Enforcement of judicial directions issued by the NGT, Supreme Court, and High Courts,
* Effective inter-agency coordination among all responsible authorities.
i) Issuance of clear instructions to District SPs for:
* Regular drives against illegal dumping and burning,
* Surveillance of water-body pollution, including marine pollution,
* Periodic inspections and raids for environmental law violations.
j) Undertaking integrated awareness-cum-enforcement drives on:
* Noise pollution (across religious, cultural, tourism, and public events),
* Air pollution (waste burning, fireworks, and allied prohibitions),
* Water pollution (including sewage discharge, fishing waste, oil spills),
* Plastic pollution (including SUPs and hazards of micro- and nano-plastics).

DISTRICT LEVEL

1. DEPUTY COMMISSIONER
E-Governance
strict survey of CRZ encroachments
complete survey of Waste Management at Coastal Talukas
National Highway 66 Status

A – Direct Tourism Department to indicate
1. the number of licensed & unlicensed tourism operators under Gokarna rule · the status of Tourism Operators licensed by Gram Panchayat
2. the performance of Tourism Operators’ Wastes management
3. operated provision of drinking water supply at the main touristic spots
4. detailed protocol with GP for the management of solid waste dumped by tourists (domestic & undomestic, leisure & religious)
5. provision of toilets at the touristic sites by Tourism Dept
6. information related to sanitation given/provided/displayed by Tourism Dept about preservation of place by visitors
7. procedure for the Solid & Liquid Waste management at the shoreline (timings, bins, disposal, GP cooperation, resource people) on each geolocalized stretch
8. facilities to be upgraded
9. foreseen/planned development works
10. details about the budget requested to the government
B – Direct Zylla Panchayat to indicate
1. Guidance, directions, orders (oral and written) conveyed to GP & TP Officers and Representatives since January 2023 up to now 2. Actions, arrangements, measures taken by Officers and Representatives, on the same period 3. Coordinated arrangements established with Tourism Department, Port Authority, KRDWS, FEE, KSPCB, by Zylla Panchayat in order to reverse the current environmental disaster at Gokarna.
C – To direct liable Departments to provide
1. a comprehensive inspection of the lasting use of the F Sy. No. 1492A/1A at Gokarna Forest land by Gram Panchayat to dump and burn all sorts of mixed waste, specifically requesting information on the current sets of the place and the bio- remediation or capping of the dump site as per norms to avoid environmental damage.
2. a detailed probe on the current local disposal of the stated 6/8 tonnes of waste daily collected by Gram Panchayat, comprehensive of its full processing (inclusive of segregation and dumping of all dry and wet waste)
3. an all-encompassing scrutiny of the constant operations of JCBs on the seashore between the New Fish Market and Hanehalli.
D – APPEAL FOR A FAR-REACHING PLAN TO REVERSE THE COASTAL DISASTER
A – Concerning the paradigmatic Gokarna disaster, we have been (and we are) anticipating
1. Scrutiny on its Wastes Mismanagement, namely on Forest Landfill, Sorting Center, Seashore & Sangam, Kudle, Om and Main Beaches
2. Comprehensive report from Tourism Department on its role for Gokarna/Kudle/Om sanitation, past, present and future
3. details on the Green Gokarna Project – requested and unreturned.
B – Concerning the over-all Coastal issues, the infra mentioned points are lingering for clarification, for decision, for action
1. Urgent assignment of Environment Officers/Engineers to revert Coastal debacle
2. Instruct District Environment Committee to elaborate a Marine Action Plan, since the provided template [following NGT order OA 360/2018 on the District Environment Plan], does not include Marine/Coastal environment
3. Guidance provision to CEO & SP awareness programs using SUPs
4. Encourage SP to include also the environment rules on his awareness programs
5. Refine the notification on SUPs
6. Lead performance of District Flex printers
7. The requested data about Gram Panchayats with full, partial and nil SWM facilities undelivered till date.
8. Concerns about the liable Govt Depts to implement the K-Shore project lacking Environmental Officers, along with indulging on the use & display of SUPs
9. Drawbacks around the survey of seashore encroachments (e.g., FEE Technical input & Order of Coast Guard)
10. Readiness of the reports requested on the 29/11/2024 meeting
11. Availability of District Environment Committee & District Environment Plan update
12. KP Requests to District Tourism Department unreturned
13. Kumta sanitation issues (staff, UGD, landfill, SUPs, highway, marine litter)
14. Kalbhag Mismanagement of Waste complained and not enacted

2. CHIEF OFFICER KUMTA TMC
Complaint/Appeal to Kumta Chief Officer on Kumta mismanagement of wastes

3. RO KSPCB
Complaint/Appeal to RO KSPCB on Kumta and Kalbhag mismanagement of Wastes