Karnataka urges Centre to consider its stand before finalising two environmental frameworks
Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar has requested the Union government to consider state-specific ecological and livelihood concerns before finalizing the Coastal Zone Management Plan and Western Ghats environmental frameworks. He emphasized the need for ground-level verification and protection for traditional coastal communities.
Why it matters
This highlights the ongoing conflict between federal environmental conservation mandates and state-level developmental and livelihood priorities.
Conveying Karnataka’s stand on the K. Kasturirangan Committee report on the Western Ghats to the Centre, Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Monday urged Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav to address the State’s concerns over the revision of the Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP).
During his meeting with the Union Minister in Delhi, the Chief Minister urged the Centre to consider Karnataka-specific ecological, livelihood and development concerns before finalising the two environmental frameworks.
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