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Judgement on eco-sensitive zones
May 3 , 2023
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- The Supreme Court modified its judgment regarding 1-km buffer zone for the protected areas.
- On June 3, 2022, the apex court ordered that, having mandatory eco-sensitive zones (ESZ) of a minimum one kilometre around protected forests, national parks and wildlife sanctuaries across the country.
- A Bench led by Justice B.R. Gavai reasoned that ESZ cannot be uniform across the country and has to be “protected area-specific”.
- Also, it prevented the government from building roads and other important infrastructure in those areas which fall within 1 km of ESZ.
- The apex court has restricted mining in any case within these areas.
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