T'PURAM: Opposition leader V D Satheesan has urged the Union government to take steps to safeguard the interest of people living close to forests and national sanctuaries in the wake of the Supreme Court order to maintain a 1km buffer zone around protected forests, sanctuaries and national parks.
In a letter to Union minister for environment, forest and climate change Bhupender Yadav, Satheesan said the SC declaration that a minimum of 1km land shall be included as eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) may adversely affect the normal life of the common man and agriculturists in Kerala who are settled within the above limit of lands since several decades.
