ESA: Growers’ federation calls for series of bandhs from Wednesday

A view of the Kadumane estate in Sakleshpur taluk. It is one of the villages listed in the draft notification of ESA. (Source: PRAKASH HASSAN)

The Karnataka Growers’ Federation (KGF), an umbrella organisation of planters’ associations in Chikkamagaluru, Hassan and Kodagu, and other like-minded organisations have given a call for a series of bandh in the three districts from Wednesday.

This is to protest against the draft notification of the Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA) in Western Ghats issued by the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change. The Ministry issued the draft notification on July 6, inviting objections from States and stakeholders.