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  Wayanad landslide: Centre proposes to designate over 56,000 sq km Western Ghats area as ESA

  India | August 03, 2024 10:39 IST

  According to the proposal, ESA will encompass 9,993 square kilometres in Kerala, covering 13 villages in the Wayanad district, including Noolpuzha, which was hit by landslides on July 30.

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  56825 sq km of Western Ghats declared ecologically sensitive

  India | March 18, 2014 20:35 IST

  New Delhi: Environment Ministry today issued a draft notification on Western Ghats declaring an area of 56,825 sq km of the hills as ecologically sensitive.  In its report, a High Level Working Group headed by