Madhu Bangarappa asks people of Malnad region not to worry on ESA notification

Minister in-charge of Shivamogga district Madhu Bangarappa Stating that the State government will reject the draft notification of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change declaring the Western Ghats an Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA), Minister for School Education and Literacy Madhu Bangarappa has appealed to people in the Malnad region not to worry over the issue.In a communique to the media on Wednesday, Mr. Bangarappa, who is also the Minister in-charge of Shivamogga district, said the Union government had released the draft notification once again. Earlier, the State government under the leadership of Siddaramaiah had rejected it. “The current Congress government under the leadership of D.K. Shivakumar also stands by the people of the Malnad region and does not support