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Bowing to pressure from Kerala, Centre keeps farmland out of ESA [1]

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.

Publication Date: 
05/03/2014
Nitin SethI [2]
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram) [3]
Tags:
Kerala [4], Eco-Sensitive Zone [5], Agriculture [6], Environment Act 1986 [7], Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF) [8], Madhav Gadgil [9], Land Use [10], Environment [11]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/nitin-sethi-0
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-thiruvananthapuram
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kerala
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/eco-sensitive-zone
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment-act-1986
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-environment-and-forests-moef
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/madhav-gadgil
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-use
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment