A third of Western Ghats to get protective cover

The Environment Ministry has decided to turn approximately 60,000 square kilometres of the Western Ghats across six States into an Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA), banning mining, quarrying, ther

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Publication Date: 
16/10/2013
Nitin SethI
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Western Ghats, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Mining, Thermal Power Plants, Industrial Pollution, Environment Act 1986, Population, Gram Sabhas, Hydroelectricity, Ecology, Maharashtra, Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri (D), Environment