What is Karnataka’s objection to the ESA? | Explained

On September 22, the Karnataka Legislature unanimously passed a resolution rejecting the K. Kasturirangan Committee report on the Western Ghats in its current form. The resolution was in response to the seventh draft, published on July 27 by the Ministry of Environment, Ecology and Climate Change to declare parts of the Western Ghats as an Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA). The draft gave the State government a 60-day window to file its objections.

Editorial | Narrowed posture: On Karnataka and the Kasturirangan Report