Published Jul 11, 2025 | 5:12 PM ⚊ Updated Jul 11, 2025 | 5:12 PM
A joint survey with the revenue department will help identify more suitable non-buffer land for future projects.
To curb ecological damage from infrastructure projects, Karnataka’s forest department has listed over 4,600 acres near forest areas and elephant corridors for non-forestry use.
Agencies seeking forest land must now choose compensatory land only from this list. The move addresses the issue of unsuitable land being offered from far-off arid zones like Raichur or Bidar.
With rising urbanisation, habitat loss, and man-animal conflict, the department is also considering declaring parts of the Western Ghats as no-development zones.
A joint survey with the revenue department will help identify more suitable non-buffer land for future projects.
