Kasturirangan Committee Report - Karnataka
October 4 , 2024
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- The Karnataka government has rejected the Kasturirangan committee report -2014.
- It gave recommendation for the protection of the fragile Western Ghats region from environmental degradation.
- It proposes that 37 per cent of the total area of Western Ghats, which is roughly 60,000 square kilometres, to be declared as eco-sensitive area.
- Out of this, 20,668 sq. km of the area falls in Karnataka covering more than 1,500 villages.
- A state-level expert committee conducted meetings in the Western Ghats districts and prepared a report in 2015.
- It has recemented only 153 (as opposed to 1,553 villages) in Karnataka should be declared ecologically sensitive areas.
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