The Kerala government here on Wednesday issued an order excluding residential areas and farmlands from the one-kilometre-wide Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ).
As per the order, government, semi-government and public institutions within the one-kilometre radius around protected forest ranges are also excluded from this buffer zone.
With this, the state government’s order regarding the Eco-Sensitive Zone issued in 2019 will be declared null.
In 2019, the Kerala government issued an order directing to identify areas within the one-kilometre radius around protected forest ranges as an Eco-Sensitive Zone (buffer zone).
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