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Plea on Western Ghats ESA draft notification
Why is it in News?
- A Kerala-based NGO for farmers filed plea in the the Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional a draft notification.
Details:
- Notification:
(1) Centre will demarcate 56,825 sq km spread across six States as ‘Western Ghats Ecologically Sensitive Area’.
(2) It covered Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
(3) It might declare 123 agricultural villages in Kerala as ecologically sensitive area (ESA) villages
(4) The recommendations are based on Kasturirangan report (and earlier Gadgil report)
- Petition:
(1) It sought to declare unconstitutional a draft notification.
(2) It also sought a direction to the government to not implement the Madhav Gadgil and K. Kasturirangan committees’ reports.
(3) NReports are based on the conservation of Western Ghats and demarcation of ‘no-go’ zones.
(4) As per NGO, draft notification would affect 22 lakh people and the economy of Kerala.
(5) These 123 villages form the backbone of the cultivation of rubber, coffee, black pepper, cardamom, etc.