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No consensus: Centre considers phased Western Ghats Sensitive Area designationThe Centre advanced plans to designate the ecologically sensitive area in the Western Ghats after years of failed consensus. An expert pane...
Centre issues draft notification on Western Ghats after Kerala tragedyThe Centre issued a draft notification identifying 56,800 square kilometres of the Western Ghats as Ecologically Sensitive Areas across six...
Karnataka rejects Kasturirangan panel report on Western Ghats“The report is unscientific and there are plenty of ambiguities which makes it difficult to implement. The report is opposed everywhere rig...
Karnataka likely to reject Kasturirangan report on Western GhatsThe report has identified over 1,500 villages in Karnataka as ecologically sensitive areas (ESA), which if implemented, would prohibit deve...
Fourth draft issued on Western Ghats no-go zone post several failed attemptsThe latest draft, issued by the environment ministry on October 3, is exactly the same what the Centre had proposed in the February 27, 201...
Fresh draft notification on Western GhatsThe government has issued a fresh draft notification on Western Ghats which addresses all the concerns expressed by the six states falling ...
Government declares 56,827 sq km of Western Ghats across 6 states eco-sensitiveAll existing mines will be phased out in 5 years of the final notification or on the expiry of mining lease. It has also banned new thermal...
- Demarcation of eco-sensitive area within Western Ghats gets delayed for two more months
The Center has extended the date for issuing final notification on earmarking Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA) in Western Ghats by two mor...
Government issues fresh notification to declare ESZ in Western GhatsThe government has come out with a fresh draft notification to declare Eco-Sensitive Zones (ESZ) in Western Ghats by superseding the earlie...
Western Ghats: Oomen Chandy meets Prakash JavadekarChandy today met Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar and urged the Centre to accept the revised Eco Sensitive Areas.
Environment minister Prakash Javadekar to meet MPs to decide fate of western ghatsEnvironment minister Prakash Javadekar will chair a meeting with the MPs from the Western Ghats states on August 3 in the Parliament to get...
Jairam Ramesh opposes Kerala government's decision on cardamom plantationsCongress leader Jairam Ramesh today said such areas have to be marked as forest areas to ensure proper protection of ecologically sensitive...
Centre to hold a crucial meeting on Western Ghats tomorrowEnvironment Minister Prakash Javadekar will hold a meeting tomorrow to review the progress of physical demarcation of Ecologically Sensitiv...
Karnataka Speaker Kagodu Thimappa to discuss Kasturirangan report tomorrowBJP members including Opposition Leader Jagadish Shettar demanded that the Chair allow adjournment motion to discuss the report.
- Center changes its green order on Western Ghats for Kerala
Succumbing to the pressure of Kerala government’s demand, the Centre on Tuesday announced altering the boundaries of Ecological Sensitive A...
- Green tag to keep 40% Western Ghats pristine
Almost 40% of the Western Ghats or 60,000 sq km of the green belt that runs across six states is set to become an Ecologically Sensitive Ar...
- Ban mining in Western Ghats: Panel
In what could dramatically alter economic activity in almost 45 districts across five states — Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tam...