ECOLOGICALLY SENSITIVE AREA (ESA) OF WESTERN GHATS

About:

• To protect the bio diversity of Western Ghats while allowing for sustainable development of the region, Government of India had constituted a High Level Working Group under the Chairmanship of Dr. Kasturirangan.
  
  
• The Committee had recommended that identified geographical areas falling in the six States of Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu may be declared as Ecologically Sensitive Areas.
  
  
• A draft notification was issued in October 2018 mentioning the areas to be notified in the ESA.
  
  
• The states expressed their desire to expedite early notification while protecting interest of ecology and environment.