Rahul sought intervention of Chief Minister in issues related to ESZ
Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi has urged the State government to approach the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) and the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF and CC) to solve the issues of the public related to the recent judgment of the Supreme Court regarding the demarcation of Eco-Sensitive Zones (ESZ) around national parks and wildlife sanctuaries.
In a letter to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday, Mr. Gandhi said the judgment mandated the maintenance of a minimum one-kilometre ESZ and there was growing apprehension about the grave implication of the judgment on the lives and livelihoods of the people in the State.