Report of the high level working group on western ghats kasturirangan western. The kasturirangan panel was set up to study the gadgil committee report on the western ghats. Kasturirangan panel report on western ghats, discuss. The panel,headed by dr oommen v oommen,chairman of kerala s biodiversity board,was asked to study the madhav gadgil and kasturirangan reports on western ghats. Environment ministry accepts this crucial report on western ghats prepared by k kasturiranganled 10member highlevel working group and decides to declare the ecologically sensitive area esa over 37% of the western ghats under the environment protection act, 1986. The western ghats ecology expert panel wgeep, also known as the gadgil commission the kasturirangan report seeks to bring just 37% of the western ghats under the. Environment ministry accepts kasturirangan report on. It is the source of water for the entire peninsular india, and also influences the monsoons. Calamities hit kerala one after the other, but gadgil. Kasturirangan report on western ghats has made several profarmer recommendations, including the exclusion of inhabited regions and plantations from the purview of ecologically sensitive areas esas. Download kasturirangan malayalam report kasturirangan report malayalam pdf part 1 kasturirangan report malayalam pdf part 2. Environment ministry has given approval to a report on western ghats prepared by k kasturiranganled panel which has recommended prohibition on development activities in 60,000 sq km ecologically sensitive area spread over six states. Parliamentary panel report on western ghats current. Further, the gadgil report and subsequently, the toned down kasturirangan committee report on the same issue, needs to be taken up seriously.
The gadgil panel report had faced unanimous opposition from state governments for recommending that. Bs yediyurappas letter on kasturirangan report angers environmentalists. An allparty meet, convened by kerala chief minister oommen chandy on october 21, has decided to constitute an expert committee to study the kasturirangan committee report on conservation of western ghats. In the mean while, however wgeep has been compiling the data sets required for the purpose for mapping the esas along western ghats using these steps.
Gadgils western ghats western ghats landscape across 1,29,037 sq km. Kasturirangan report included ecologically nonsensitive areas under esa, and left out many ecologically sensitive areas. Gadgil report marked out 60 percent of the western ghats as the highestpriority ecologically sensitive zone esz 1. Download kasturirangan report on western ghats click. Gadgil report and kasturirangan report related with the western ghats is important for upsc prelims, mains and interview. Conservation of western ghats western ghats madhav gadgil. The usage of such techniques, without examining the ground reality, has caused many errors in the report. Pdf kasturirangan reportwestern ghat conservation bill priju.
The committee is often called hlwg, 10 member highlevel working group hlwg, headed by kasturirangan. Madhav gadgil, chairman of the western ghats ecology expert panel, has rolled up his sleeves and slammed the kasturirangan report. The kerala government has submitted to the centre its revised recommendations on demarcation of ecologically sensitive areas esas in the western ghats in. Environment ministry accepts this crucial report on western ghats prepared by k kasturiranganled.
The gadgil panel went by forest types above a certain altitude and defined the western ghats landscape across 1,29,037 sq km. An indication to this effect was given by kerala chief minister oommen chandy after a meeting with environment minister prakash javadekar. Insensitivity towards the ecology of the western ghats has made the goa, gujarat, maharashtra, kerala, tamil nadu and karnataka vulnerable to floods and landslides. Ministry of environment and forests favours kasturirangan. Eminent ecologist madhav gadgil, who headed the western ghats ecology expert panel wgeep, today flayed the recommendations made by. Responding to the violence in parts of the kerala after the central governments order on the western ghats report, kerala chief minister oommen chandy on. The kasturirangan report seeks to bring just 37% of the western ghats under the ecologically sensitive area esa zones down from the 64% suggested by the gadgil report.
The kasturirangan panel used remote sensing and aerial survey methods for zonal demarcation of land in the western ghats. Bandh in kerala against kasturirangan panel report on western ghats. Bs yediyurappas letter on kasturirangan report angers. The kasturirangan report had said 123 villages fall under the esa purview. Bandh in kerala against kasturirangan panel report on. Kerala to form new panel to study kasturirangan report on. The western ghats taluk areas esas in karnataka would come up to 46. Western ghats on the fringes of the west coast of india. Environment ministry asks states to submit responses on western ghats by june 15 gujarat, maharashtra, goa, karnataka, tn and kerala are the stakeholder states that stand to be affected by the kasturirangan report. Gadgil report and kasturirangan report on western ghats clear ias. Coronavirus news indepth blogs videos book store africa climate agriculture gobar times. Gadgil report marked out 60 percent of the western ghats as the. Moef approves kasturirangan panel report on western ghats. Ministry of environment and forests, government of.
The gadgil committee and its successor, the kasturirangan committee, recommended suggestions to protect the western ghats. Kasturirangan report on the western ghats has made several profarmer recommendations, including the exclusion of inhabited regions and. Gadgil slams kasturirangan report on western ghats the hindu. For starters, the western ghats is the home for about 50 million people belonging to the six states of the country. Issues related to the conservation of the region, overview of gadil and kasturirangan committee reports. The report by the kasturirangan panel had said that 37% of the total area of the western ghats is ecologically sensitive, covering about 60,000 sq. Environment ministry accepts this crucial report on western ghats prepared by k kasturirangan led 10member highlevel working group and decides to declare the ecologically sensitive area esa over 37% of the western ghats under the environment protection act, 1986. Kasturirangan panel report on western ghats, discuss by. The 10member highlevel working group hlwg, headed by kasturirangan, was constituted in august 2012 to examine the western ghats.
The kasturirangan committee was constituted to examine the wgeep report. Any constructive suggestions during the process would be highly appreciated. Report of the high level working group on western ghats volume i ministry of environment and forests government of india 15 april 20. The article tries to justify the arguments and demands farmers union in the region on the basis of the report of the western ghats ecology expert panel chaired by prof. The committee will also advise the government on the stand it should take on recommendations given in the report. Western ghats key geographical and environmental facts. Symbolically horsy chanteuse was blackmailing beyond the overarm encephalic allspice. As the death toll in kerala due to the rains rises to 1, talks have again started on the need to implement the gadgil report to protect the western ghats from further damage. Kasturirangan, a pioneer in the field of space research. Kasturirangan western ghats report india environment portal. The committee recommends that implementation of the recommendations of the kasturirangan report is only possible with the active support of the local population. Gadgil has criticised the kasturirangan committee report for replacing the the propeople and pronature attitude of the wgeep report with an autocratic approach in terms of development and ecological conservation and ignores the. What did his report say, and why did states object, leading to another in kerala, specifically, the kasturirangan committee had proposed an.
Stay up to date on all the latest kerala news with the new indian express app. Kasturirangan committee report on western ghats pdf. The centre had sought the views of states on the esas for issuing the final notification based on. The western ghats ecology expert panel wgeep, also known as the gadgil commission the kasturirangan report seeks to bring just 37% of the western ghats under the ecologically sensitive area esa zones down from the 64%. Download, read this report along with related documents, studies and more. Report of the high level working group on western ghats. Gadgil report doesnt give a solution for revenue losses due to the implementation of its recommendations. Environment ministry accepts this crucial report on western ghats prepared by k kasturirangan led. Madhav gadgil flays kasturirangan committee report on. The much awaited crucial report on western ghats prepared by k. The gadgil report was criticised as being too environmentfriendly and the kasturirangan report was labelled as being antienvironmental.
Both committees were formed during the time of united. Madhav gadgil, submitted to the ministry of environment and forests, report of the western ghats ecology expert panel, part i. Pdf kasturirangan reportwestern ghat conservation bill. Report of the western ghats ecology expert panel, part i.
Vijayan, member of the western ghats ecology expert panel wgeep said recommendations of the kasturirangan report are undemocratic and antienvironmental. This kasturirangan committee was set up to study the gadgil committee report on the western ghats. Moef approved kasturirangan panel report on western ghats. Gadgil, who headed the western ghats ecology expert panel, said that the recommendations of the kasturirangan committee contains. Gadgil report and kasturirangan report on western ghats. Threats to western ghats and the way forward forumias blog. With some states yet to submit their views on the contentious kasturirangan report on western ghats, the environment ministry could extend the deadline which could push back final notification of the report. The ministry of environment and forests moef is processing only the kasturirangan committee report on the western ghats, which effectively means that the earlier report prepared by a panel.
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