Centre plans restriction in western ghats
Kochi: A centre sponsored panel has issued a draft notification to declare over 56,800 sq kms in the Western Ghats as Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA), media reports said. Six states, including 13 villages in Kerala’s Wayanad, are included Ecologically Sensitive. Area (ESA). The move comes in the backdrop of devastating landslides claiming over 300 lives …