High ranges of Kottayam mobilise against Centre’s proposed ESA tag
- Posted on September 13, 2026
- By The Hindu
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High ranges of Kottayam mobilise against Centre’s proposed ESA tag
With just two weeks left in the 60-day window for filing objections and suggestions to the Centre’s seventh draft notification on Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESAs) in the Western Ghats, hundreds of settler families in the high ranges of Kottayam are bracing for a fresh battle to keep their homes and plantations out of the proposed ESA.