Centre issues order to declare 56825 square km area over 6 states as ESA

Q.  Centre has issued an order to declare a 56825 square km area over 6 states as ESA on September 4th 2015? What is ESA and which are the six states?
- Published on 15 Sep 15

a. Environmentally Sensitive Area- Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu
b. Ecologically Sensitive Area-Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu
c. Environmentally Sensitive Area-Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Rajasthan
d. Ecologically Sensitive Area-Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh

ANSWER: Ecologically Sensitive Area-Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu
 
ESA has been declared in the six states with Karnataka having the largest share of 20,668 sq km under the zone. This comes after entire western ghats was suggested to be declared ESA by the Madhav Gadgil led Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel. This was followed by a recommendation by the K Kasturirangan High Level Working Group which recommended 60,000 sq km of the Western Ghats be declared as ESA. Only 56,825 sq km was declared however and a monitoring centre has also been set up in the Western Ghats for this.

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