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Decision comes on the eve of poll schedule announcement

Habitations, plantations and agricultural areas in the 123 villages falling within the Western Ghat eco-sensitive area will be taken off the protective zone as demanded by the Kerala government.

Thiruvananthapuram: Accepting Kerala’s demand, the ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) on Tuesday issued an office memorandum on the Kasturirangan-led High Level Working Group (HLWG) report t

At a time when Goa and some other states are locked in legal battles in the Supreme Court to reduce the buffer zone around reserved forests and eco-sensitive areas from 10 to one kilometres, Enviro

The Congress-Government Coordination Committee that will meet here on Tuesday is expected to work out a strategy to tackle the possible fallout of the K. Kasturirangan report on the conservation of Western Ghats that has identified 123 villages in the State as ecologically sensitive areas (ESAs).

Senior party leaders are expecting some sort of action from the Union government, at least to the extent of accepting the Oommen V. Oommen panel report that had recommended exemption from the ESA provisions for an area over 3,000 sq miles, including populated areas and rubber plantations.

Thiruvananthapuram: The ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), on Monday submitted the draft notification on Kasturirangan-led High level Working Group committee (HLWG) report to the law depar

The state government has decided not to permit resumption of mining in the state until the findings of the public accounts committee and Shah Commission report are adequately dealt with.

State’s demand for changes in Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats

With only a few days left for the issuance of a notification for the Lok Sabha elections, all eyes are on the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest for its crucial amendments to some of the recommendations of the K. Kasturirangan committee report on Western Ghats conservation related to 123 villages identified as ecologically sensitive areas (ESAs).

In a move that could have damaging political fallout for the UDF leadership, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has categorically ruled out redrawing the borders of 123 villages in the

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ओखला पक्षी अभ्यारण्य के आसपास पर्यावरण संवेदनशील क्षेत्र बनाने के लिए दिल्ली सरकार को एक पखवाड़े में अपना प्रस्ताव पर्यावरण व वन मंत्रलय को सौंपना होगा। जिसके बाद मंत्रलय दिल्ली व उत्तर प्रदेश सरका

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