Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Goa Foundation Vs Union of India dated 28/09/2020. The issue for consideration is the remedial steps for protection of ecology of Western Ghats, which is an eco-sensitive area. The NGT observed that there was demand for more and more exclusion …
Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala has said the government will oppose any move by the National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre to implement the recommendations of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) report. He was speaking to reporters at Payyannur on Tuesday on the sidelines of the valedictory function …
With BJP coming to power in New Delhi, environmentalists across the country are hoping that the party will implement the Madhav Gadgil-led Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel report (WGEEP). The Congress government had rejected WGEEP report and asked K Kasturirangan, who had headed the Isro, to review the Gadgil report. …
BJP Govt May Halt The Implementation Of Kasturi Report The state may suffer a setback in implementing projects like the proposed Aranmula international airport and Kasturirangan committee report as the BJP , in its run up to the election campaign, had come out openly against both issues. The BJP had …
Members of Paschima Ghatta Samrakshana Horata Vedike (Western Ghats Protection Forum) will hold talks with people residing in the vicinity of the Ghats to raise their voice against the government’s decision to dilute the Kasturirangan report for implementation. The Vedike wants the government to implement the Madhav Gadgil report. Speaking …
Karnataka will ask the Centre to exempt 730 villages from the purview of the Kasturirangan report, which has recommended restrictions on 1,580 villages considering their ecological sensitivity. The state cabinet, which met on Monday, also decided to seek relaxation of sand and soil extraction restrictions, keeping in mind the livelihood …
Basic Facilities Have Been Denied To 100-Odd Families In Wayanad's Chettiyalathur Village Kozhikode: For the residents of Chettiyalathur village in Wayanad, voting has remained a valuable right even if they have not received anything much in return over six decades since independence. Electricity, roads, hospital, telephone or even newspapers, name …
You have been into journalism for over a decade now. What made you to take a plunge into electoral politics under the Goa Su-Raj party banner? I started my career in journalism in Indian Express and later moved forward with Goa Chronicle, which has been instrumental in exposing corruption of …
Thiruvananthapuram: Much to Kerala’s relief, the National Green Tribunal validated the draft notification issued by the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) on Kasturirangan committee report and gave the go-ahead to the process of taking suggestions and comments on the report from various stakeholders. But NGT also upheld the office …
Manifesto Calls For New Expert Committee Thiruvananthapuram: In a bid to reap maximum benefit from the Gadgil-Kasturirangan confusion in Kerala, the CPM has promised to stop the implementation of both reports and set up a broadbased expert committee to study the issue of conserving Western Ghats. The suggestion is part …
Pune: As many as 337 villages in Pune district have been included in the eco-sensitive area (ESA) of the Western Ghats, as per the draft notification the ministry of environment and forests issued on Tuesday. However, experts pointed out that the authorities will have to take several measures, particularly involving …
Stakeholders Can Make Comments And Suggestions With the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) releasing the draft notification regarding the Kasturirangan report on its website on Tuesday, the state government plans to follow suit by publishing area-specific details of the 123 villages marked as Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESAs) by …
Biodiversity Board Will Fine-Tune ESAs: CM Chief minister Oommen Chandy said on Tuesday that the state biodiversity board would begin the process of fine-tuning and implementation of ecologically-sensitive areas (ESAs) as per the guidelines issued in the draft notification by the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF). The ministry has, …
Madhav Gadgil and K Kasturirangan are both scientists of great repute. But both are caught up in a controversy on how the Western Ghats - the vast biological treasure trove spread over the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu - should be protected. First the ministry …
They Fall Under Ecological-Sensitive Zone-1 Classified By Gadgil Report Thiruvananthapuram: The state nominated three-member expert committee that reviewed the Kasturirnagan committee report has highlighted the need to protect the ecologically-fragile areas that were overlooked in the Kasturiranagan report. “The Kasturiranagan report had overlooked the grasslands in Vagamon and the rich …
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Tuesday disagreed with the demand made by the Kerala Congress(M) and others for cancellation of the order issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests on November 13 last year for protection of the Western Ghats. Speaking to the media after a special meeting of …
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. The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests announced the decision on Tuesday, …
Union Minister for Environment and Forests M Veerappa Moily said on Wednesday that the Centre had dropped the Madhav Gadgil Report on protection of the Western Ghats and other forest areas. The government would instead consider the recommendations made in the Kasturirangan report. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of …
The Pashchimaghatta Janasamrakashana Samithi, Kozhikode, as part of its campaign against the implementation of the V.S. Gadgil and the K. Kasturirangan reports on Western Ghats protection, is on an indefinite hunger strike at the Kozhikode Collectorate from Wednesday. Unscientific The samithi alleged that the reports were unscientific, unrealistic, and anti-people, …
Ecologist Madhav Gadgil on Sunday said the report prepared by the Western Ghats ecology expert panel (WGEEP) has been misinterpreted by vested interests. Speaking on the sidelines of the State-level seminar on saving Western Ghats, Gadgil said: “Rumours are rife that if our report is implemented, development will lag behind. …
‘An impression is being given that it recommended halting economic activities’ The report of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel, which was submitted to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests in 2011, continues to be misinterpreted by political parties and governments in Kerala, Goa and Maharashtra, ecologist Madhav Gadgil …
