The Supreme Court has banned all commercial and tourism activities within a five-km radius of the Jarawa Tribal Reserve on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands with a view to protecting the indigenous people.
A Bench of Justices G. S. Singhvi and S. J. Mukhopadhaya on Monday upheld an October 30, 2007 notification declaring an area up to a five-km radius of the Reserve a ‘Buffer Zone’ and prohibiting entry of any person other than a member of the aboriginal tribe into it.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/no-commercial-tourism-activity-jarawa-reserve-rules-supreme-court
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/j-venkatesan
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/andaman-islands
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tribals
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/high-court
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tourism
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/supreme-court
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/people
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/habitat-and-urbanisation
