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PANAJI: Forest Minister Vishwajit Rane today said that it is now for the state government to put up a strong case in regard to the Western Ghats ESA issue.
“All affected V.P.’s from Sattari have already made their representation to MoEF&CC & also State govt on Western Ghats draft ESA,” said Rane
He further said that now it is for the state government and Chief Minister to put up a strong case for Goa.
Earlier, Rane had opposed the draft notification of the Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ).
“We are against big projects in the forest areas, but we don’t want the villages to be declared as eco-sensitive zones,” he had said.
Rane had also said that Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and he are on the same page regarding raising an objection.
A draft notification issued by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change intends to declare 1,461 square kilometres in Goa as the Western Ghats Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA).
Covered in these 1,461 sq km are 99 villages in Sattari, Sanguem and Canacona talukas. In Sattari, 56 villages fall in the proposed ESA and five villages from Canacona. Sanguem taluka has 38 villages covered.
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