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The delay in defining human habitations has been seen as a failure on the part of the Forest Department, despite moving the Supreme Court on the ESZ issue.
The order was issued even as the state government is set to move the Supreme Court with a review petition against its recent directive to earmark a one-km buffer zone around protected forest areas.
Forest minister A K Saseendran said so while replying to the question by opposition MLA Sajeev Joseph
As part of the move, KFDC has issued letters to workers of Sri Lankan origin residing in the forest, seeking their willingness to vacate if they are granted adequate compensation.
A case was registered after a video of the vlogger being chased by the wild elephant went viral on social media.
The deadline for the draft notification declaring ecologically sensitive areas (ESA) in the Western Ghats has been extended for one more year.
The draft notification, now in its fourth iteration, issued on January 1, 2022, was to be finalised on June 30.
On Wednesday, state Health Minister Veena George had said the presence of anthrax has been confirmed in wild boars in the Athirappilly forest area.
The animals fell into the 10-feet pit while the leopard chased a sounder of wild swine.
Such a scientific exercise has been undertaken to strengthen Kerala's case before the Supreme Court for a special exemption from the ESZ requirement.
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