The Human Rights Forum (HRF) has condemned the move by the Andhra Pradesh government to seek the reclassification of stretches of the Visakhapatnam Beach Road from Coastal Regulation Zone III (CRZ-III) to CRZ-II under the coastal regulation framework.
Speaking to The Hindu, V.S. Krishna, HRF Andhra Pradesh and Telangana coordination committee member, alleged that the proposed reclassification, purportedly aimed at promoting tourism, is in effect an attempt to dilute existing regulatory safeguards governing ecologically sensitive coastal areas in order to enable intensified commercial expansion.
