Calling for creation of Eco Sensitive Zones (ESZ) for all forests within the reserve forests itself, the Kerala Congress (M) has approached the Central Empowered Committee seeking a relocation of the wildlife sanctuaries and national parks inside the forests.
In a petition, the party chairman and Rajya Sabha member Jose K. Mani and Lok Sabha member Thomas Chazhikadan, also urged the CEC chairman to initiate a physical verification for collecting all relevant data including the structures , cultivation and human habitation within one km of the ESZs.
Noting that the above exercises will take time, the party has also requested the CEC to approach the Supreme Court of India to allow three more months from September 3 to submit the details called for in its earlier judgment.
