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Sunday, 27 September 2026Local news from Kottayam district

Government must urgently publish forest area details for ESA villages: Joseph K. Mani

Kerala Congress (M) Chairman Joseph K. Mani stated that the central government must publish the forest area details for 123 ESA villages. He demanded that the government publish the precise forest area details for every village in the 123 ESA villages, along with a copy of the letter given to the central government in 2014. Furthermore, he demanded the government urgently publish the village-level forest area details for the 98 villages currently considered ESA, which have an area of 8,590.69 sq km.

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