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'Kerala landslide disaster result of illegal human habitat expansion, mining'
Updated On: 05 August, 2024 01:38 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
The Kerala government allowed "illegal human habitat expansion and mining" in the state`s fragile region which resulted in the devastating landslides in Wayanad district, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said. He added that the consultation with states on the notification of eco-sensitive zone in Western Ghats should be finalised soon
Scientists from Kerala and elsewhere attributed the Wayanad landslides to a deadly mix of forest cover loss and mining in the fragile terrain and climate change. Pic PTI
The Kerala government allowed "illegal human habitat expansion and mining" in the state`s fragile region which resulted in the devastating landslides in Wayanad district, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said on Monday.
Yadav also informed news agency PTI that consultation with the states on the notification of eco-sensitive zone in the Western Ghats should be finalised soon. The environment ministry has issued six draft notifications since 2014 to declare more than 56,800 square kilometres of the Western Ghats across six states as eco-sensitive but the final notification is pending amid objections from states. Yadav said an expert panel set up in April 2022 to find a breakthrough is in "constant touch with the states" on the issue.
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