Minister promises exclusion of inhabited and agricultural areas from Ecologically Sensitive Area
Minister T. Siddique. | Photo Credit: K.K.NAJEEB The Kerala government is taking steps to ensure the complete exclusion of inhabited and agricultural areas from the proposed Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA) in the Western Ghats, Agriculture Minister T. Siddique has said. According to Mr. Siddique, the Centre’s seventh draft ESA notification, issued on July 25, covers…