The green ministry has now made way for their round the year presence and across all coastal states -- a move expected to boost tourism and the coastal economy. The same has been allowed on the condition that the shacks stay non-operational in the monsoon months. The ministry has also relaxed norms for traditional communities in the area. They will now be able to engage in collection of dead shells for poultry and animal feed supplements and will not need prior Island Coastal regulations zone clearances for the same.
