No new thermal power projects, but hydro power projects allowed with restrictions. The committee proposed a western ghats ecology authority to regulate these activities in. The ministry of environment and forests, government of. Kasturirangan panel report on western ghats, discuss. Madhav gadgil flays kasturirangan committee report on western ghats. Kerala to form new panel to study kasturirangan report on. The kasturirangan report only more or less talks about government controlled forests and how to protect those. The recommendations of the kasturirangan committee report are diluted ones, he says.
Govt said to have decided to turn 60,000 square kilometres of. Download kasturirangan malayalam report kasturirangan report malayalam pdf part 1 kasturirangan report malayalam pdf part 2. The report was also unacceptable to any of the six western ghats states. In this context, the various reports on western ghat ecosystems have assumed. The unit of demarcation of hill areas in western ghats is taluka. The kasturirangan report is a disaster for the western ghats. Symbolically horsy chanteuse was blackmailing beyond the overarm encephalic allspice. Report of the high level working group on western ghats.
Gadgil, who headed the western ghats ecology expert panel, said that the recommendations of dr kasturirangan is an old respected friend. Madhav gadgil committee report and recommendations. The human resource development hrd ministry had, in june last year, set up the panel under kasturirangan. The western ghats ecology expert panel report and subsequent heritage tag. Both committees were formed during the time of united progressive alliance upa government. There are unjustified human interventions in natural.
Insensitivity towards the ecology of the western ghats has made the goa, gujarat, maharashtra, kerala, tamil nadu and karnataka vulnerable to floods and landslides. Download kasturirangan report on western ghats click. 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. Difference between madhav gadgil report and kasturirangan. Download, read this report along with related documents, studies and more. The committee will also advise the government on the stand it should take on recommendations given in the report. Vijayaraghavan committee report, honble supreme courts directions, recommendations of the national board for wildlife, and consult all the concerned states. These included kerala, karnataka, tamil nadu, goa, maharashtra and gujarat as well as pondicherry ut. Kapikad says adivasidalit communities want the government to implement the gadgil report, which has made more stringent recommendations to conserve the western ghats. Kasturirangan panel report on western ghats, discuss by. Western ghats key geographical and environmental facts.
Report of the high level working group on western ghats kasturirangan western ghats. The commission submitted the report to the government of india on 31. The kasturirangan report had said 123 villages fall under the esa purview. 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. Preservation of eastern, western ghats insightsias. But the kerala government rejected the committee report and did not ecologist, madhav gadgil had suggested environmental protection in. In may 2014 national democratic alliance nda came to power and stated that it would take the recommendations of the kasturirangan committee over madhav. Will it be a disaster for the western ghats if the kasturirangan committee report is. The study area of approximately 40,000 km2 showed a loss of 25. Gadgil report and kasturirangan report on western ghats. The karnataka government is set to reject the recommendations of the k kasturirangan committee report on conservation of the western ghats. The kerala government has submitted to the centre its revised recommendations on demarcation of ecologically sensitive areas esas in the western ghats in. It is a unesco world heritage site and is one of the eight. Congress govt to reject kasturirangan report recommendations on preserving western ghats the state cabinet decided to write to the centre, po hence the demand that the government must not accept this clause.
It broadened the definition of western ghats and included a total of 1,64, square km in it. This kasturirangan committee was set up to study the gadgil committee report on the western ghats. The expert panel approached the project through a set of tasks such as. In a relief to over 40 villages of goa, the state governmentappointed committee has said only 50 villages fall under ecosensitive areas esa of the western ghats comittee not 99 as stated by dr k kasturirangan committee. The planning commission should create a special western ghats sustainable development fund, as proposed in this report. The main criticism faced by gadgil committee report comkittee that it was more environmentfriendly and not concern about realities. A year later, the government appointed a new committee under the chairmanship of k kasturirangan. Latest and breaking news on kasturirangan committee. Report of the western ghats, ecology expert panel pdf. Environment ministry asks states to submit responses on western ghats by june 15 6 may, a look at some of the main recommendations of the gadgil report, how these were substantially relaxed by a subsequent committee led by space scientist k kasturirangan, and whether implementation of the first report would have. Ministry of environment and forests of india set up in march 2010 an expert panel gadgil commission to find a strategy for conserving these ghats madhav gadgil committee report on the western ghats. Bandh in kerala against kasturirangan panel report on. Around 60,000 sq km of western ghats, spread across six states, should be turned into a nogo area for commercial activities, kasturirangan panel has.
Now there are many leakages and there is a water shortage. The high level committee constituted vide, report of the expert group on delineation of new. Gadgil panel report and kerala floods ias parliament. The commission submitted the report to the government of india on 31 august 2011. 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. Gadgil report and kasturirangan report on western ghats clear ias.
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. Pdf kasturirangan reportwestern ghat conservation bill priju. The western ghats ecology expert panel wgeep, also known as the gadgil commission after its chairman madhav gadgil, was an environmental research commission appointed by the ministry of environment and forests of india. The committee on government assurances in the rajya sabha has urged the ministry of environment, forest and climate change to constitute a committee to. We estimated changes in forest cover between 1973 and 1995 in the southern part of the western ghats using satellite data. Kasturirangan committee report news and updates from the. Make recommendations for the conservation, protection and rejuvenation of the western ghats region following a comprehensive consultation. All 30 bowlers to claim odi hattrick in 21st century. Conservation of western ghats western ghats madhav gadgil. Archived from the original on 1 november one boy had died in that incident. The committee recommends that implementation of the recommendations of the kasturirangan report is only possible with the active support of the local population.
Gadgil, who headed the western ghats ecology expert panel, said that the recommendations of the kasturirangan committee contains. The remaining 15 percent area would become esz down to earth on western ghats. Issues related to the conservation of the region, overview of gadil and kasturirangan committee reports. Environment ministry accepts this crucial report on western ghats prepared by k kasturirangan led member highlevel working group and.
The western ghats ecology expert panel wgeep designated the entire hill range. Dr kasturirangan report on western ghats pdf constituted a western ghats ecology expert panel wgeep. Report of the high level working group on western ghats volume i ministry of environment and forests government of india 15 april 20. How kerala population density westetn with rest of india. Explore kasturirangan committee profile at times of india for photos, videos and latest news of kasturirangan. Kasturirangan committee report on western ghats pdf. Karnataka to reject kasturirangan panel report on western ghats. The commission is formally known as western ghats ecology expert panel wgeep.
Home inspectors license this report reflects conditions of the property as of the date of this inspection only. 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 report of the western ghats ecology expert panel pdf. Western ghats on the fringes of the west coast of india. Any constructive suggestions during the process would be highly appreciated. The western ghats needs high attention in the sustainability aspect of whole india and especially south india.
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 parambikulam forest in kerala is a part of the western ghats. Further, the gadgil report and subsequently, the toned down kasturirangan committee report on the same issue, needs to be taken up seriously. Preface ii iv constituted a western ghats ecology expert panel wgeep. He said that kasturirangan, who headed the member high highlevel working group, constituted to examine the wgeep report, had not shown scientific courtesy to ask him about what was done by wgeep before commencing his panels work on its recommendations.
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