The Hindu·4 min read·medium
ESA notification raises concern among people in hilly regions of Kerala
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Sandeep Vellaram
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Residents and farmers in Kerala are protesting a new draft notification that designates nearly 10,000 square kilometers of the Western Ghats as an ecologically sensitive area. Local groups fear the restrictions will negatively impact farmlands and residential habitations across 12 districts.
With the Union government issuing its seventh draft notification regarding the ecologically sensitive area (ESA) zone across the Western Ghats, residents and farmers’ groups have voiced apprehension about the resultant restrictions in Kerala’s populated, hilly regions.
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