No central panel to be appointed now
11 years, 2 months ago

No central panel to be appointed now

The Hindu  

After a row over implementation of a expert committee report, the Centre has ruled out appointment of any more panel to study Western Ghats in an attempt to address concerns of the six states through which the ecologically-sensitive hills traverse. His comments came against the backdrop of a major controversy created by the implementation of the Kasturirangan committee recommendations which was seen by locals as prohibiting even plantation activities in the Western Ghats. Mr. Moily said the states can appoint separate committees to study the issues of implementation of Kasturirangan panel report -- a watered down version of the orignial report submitted by a panel headed by eminent ecologist Madhav Gadgil. The Minister said he would write a “detailed letter illustrating some of the recommendations of the Kasturirangan committee asking their comment.” Parties and farmers outfits in Kerala backed by religious bodies had staged violent street protests opposing the Centre’s decision to implement key suggestions of Kasturirangan panel report, alleging taht it would lead to large-scale displacement of settler farmers.

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Kasturirangan panel report: tribunal to hold sitting today
11 years ago

Kasturirangan panel report: tribunal to hold sitting today

The Hindu  

The National Green Tribunal will take a look at the Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats on Monday even as electioneering has picked up momentum on the green issue in many key constituencies of the State. During its last sitting on February 13, the NGT Bench consisting of its chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar and four others had asked the Union Ministry …

Kerala rules out compromise on Western Ghats report
11 years ago

Kerala rules out compromise on Western Ghats report

The Hindu  

With the Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats conservation becoming a poll issue in the state, the Congress-led UDF government on Tuesday demanded that the state’s suggestions for changes in the report should be accepted by the Centre. Addressing a press meet after a cabinet meeting, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said people-inhabited areas, agriculture land and plantation areas have to be …

Assembly for changes in Ghats report
11 years, 2 months ago

Assembly for changes in Ghats report

The Hindu  

The State Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution urging the Union government to reject the “anti-farmer” recommendations of the Kasturirangan Committee, besides totally exempting thickly populated centres and agriculture land while identifying Ecologically Sensitive Areas, taking into consideration the apprehension of the people. Substantive Motion “The State Assembly urges the Central Government to take a final decision only on …

No Central panel to study Western Ghats: Moily
11 years, 2 months ago

No Central panel to study Western Ghats: Moily

Firstpost  

Environment Minister M Veerappa Moily said the states concerned should appoint committees respectively to assess the kind of activities that could be allowed in the tract. New Delhi: After a row over implementation of a expert committee report, the Centre has ruled out appointment of any more panel to study Western Ghats in an attempt to address concerns of the …

Gadgil panel report, a roadmap for Western Ghats conservation: Jairam Ramesh
11 years, 3 months ago

Gadgil panel report, a roadmap for Western Ghats conservation: Jairam Ramesh

The Hindu  

Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday described the Gadgil panel report on the Western Ghats as the “roadmap” for conservation of the ecologically-sensitive hills and hoped it could be resurrected for a “dispassionate debate” once the heat and dust of the next Lok Sabha elections settled. Whatever little debate there was on the report, he added, had been …

Cabinet sub-committee studying Kasturirangan report : Sorake
11 years, 3 months ago

Cabinet sub-committee studying Kasturirangan report : Sorake

The Hindu  

Vinay Kumar Sorake, Urban Development Minister, said on Saturday that the State government had formed a Cabinet sub-committee to look into implementation of the recommendations of the K. Kasturirangan panel report on the Western Ghats in the State. Mr. Sorake said that he would study the decision of the Cabinet sub-committee on the panel’s recommendations. The recommendations made in the …

Kasturirangan report draws flak from all quarters
11 years, 3 months ago

Kasturirangan report draws flak from all quarters

The Hindu  

Environmentalists, farmers, political leaders and representatives of the church who attended a seminar held here on Saturday on ‘Kerala and the Kasturirangan Report on Western Ghats’ came down heavily on the findings of the report for different reasons. While environmentalists found fault with the report for diluting the original proposal of the Madhav Gadgil Committee on Western Ghats Conservation, others …

Committee completes hearing on Ghats report
11 years, 3 months ago

Committee completes hearing on Ghats report

The Hindu  

The three-member expert committee constituted by the government to take evidence from the public on the K. Kasturirangan panel’s recommendations for protecting the Western Ghats will submit its report within 10 days. A final report, based on the committee’s findings during the hearings and culled from over 9,000 memoranda submitted by individuals, NGOs, schools, public representatives, farmers’ organisations and so …

KPCC rejects parts of Western Ghats report
11 years, 4 months ago

KPCC rejects parts of Western Ghats report

The Hindu  

The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee has rejected the K. Kasturirangan committee’s key recommendations that directly affect farmers. It has set up a five-member panel to help formulate its policy perspectives on the implementation of the committee’s report on the protection of the Western Ghats, which has triggered violent protests in the high ranges. At a press conference soon after a …

Kerala govt to convene all-party meet to discuss Western Ghats report
11 years, 4 months ago

Kerala govt to convene all-party meet to discuss Western Ghats report

Firstpost  

With protests continuing in the hill ranges over Centre’s move to implement key recommendations of the Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats conservation, Kerala government on Wednesday decided to convene an all-party meeting to arrive at a consensus on the matter. Thiruvananthapuram: With protests continuing in the hill ranges over Centre’s move to implement key recommendations of the Kasturirangan report on …

Western Ghats: panel to visit Idukki, Wayanad
11 years, 4 months ago

Western Ghats: panel to visit Idukki, Wayanad

The Hindu  

The expert committee constituted by the government to formulate the State’s response to the Kasturirangan committee’s recommendations for the protection of the Western Ghats has decided to hold consultations with various stakeholders in Idukki and Wayanad districts. At its first meeting here on Friday, the expert committee, including Oommen V.Oommen, chairman, Kerala State Biodiversity Board, V.N. Syriac, former chairman, Rubber …

Gadgil slams Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats
11 years, 4 months ago

Gadgil slams Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats

The Hindu  

Madhav Gadgil, chairman of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel, has rolled up his sleeves and slammed the Kasturirangan report. Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats replaced the pro-people and pro-nature attitude of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel report with an autocratic approach in terms of development and ecological conservation, said Madhav Gadgil, chairman of the panel. The report had …

People’s forum on Western Ghats demand voices of locals be heard
11 years, 5 months ago

People’s forum on Western Ghats demand voices of locals be heard

The Hindu  

The Western Ghats People’s Forum has demanded that grama sabhas be convened in all 123 villages in the State that have been included in the list of ecologically sensitive areas by the Kasturirangan committee report on Western Ghats. Augustine said the opinion of people who would be affected should be given due consideration before the State reached any decision on …

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