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A third of Western Ghats to get protective cover [1]

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

Publication Date: 
16/10/2013
Nitin SethI [2]
Hindu (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
Western Ghats [4], Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF) [5], Mining [6], Thermal Power Plants [7], Industrial Pollution [8], Environment Act 1986 [9], Population [10], Gram Sabhas [11], Hydroelectricity [12], Ecology [13], Maharashtra [14], Sindhudurg [15], Ratnagiri (D) [16], Environment [17]

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