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More time for Western Ghats panel as eco-sensitive area deadlock continues
July 28, 2026 4:13 am
First issued in 2014, the draft notification declared 56,825.7 sq km of the Western Ghats region across Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala as ecologically sensitive areas.
State to fine-tune boundaries in eco-sensitive areas
March 08, 2014 1:21 am
Maharashtra's environment department will ask state biodiversity board to fine-tune boundaries of ecologically sensitive areas for “natural” and “cultural” landscape.
Western Ghats: Kerala panel for changes in Kasturirangan report
January 04, 2014 4:18 am
Gadgil and Kasturirangan reports on Western Ghats in the wake of widespread protest from the public.
Western Ghats: Nod for farming activities
December 21, 2013 1:17 am
MoEF: New order seeks to assure protestors that their day-to-day life will remain unaffected.
Environment Ministry allows agri,plantation activities along Western Ghats
January 09, 2014 5:48 pm
Decision after widespread protests from political parties and Syrian Catholic Church in Kerala.
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