Joint survey of deemed forest 60-65% complete, says Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre
Karnataka's Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre announced that a joint survey to identify deemed forest areas is 60-65% complete. This survey is the third revision since a Supreme Court directive in 1996 aimed at protecting unnotified green spaces. The previous estimates of deemed forest areas have been revised significantly due to errors in earlier reports.
- ▪The joint survey is being conducted by the Forest and Revenue departments.
- ▪The first report in 2002 estimated deemed forest in Karnataka at 9.94 lakh hectares, revised to 3.33 lakh hectares in 2022.
- ▪The current survey aims to rectify errors found in the previous BJP-led government's report.
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Minister for Forest, Environment and Ecology Eshwar Khandre said on Monday that a joint survey taken up by the Forest and Revenue departments to identify the extent of deemed forest in the State is now 60-65% complete.Speaking to presspersons in Karkala of Udupi district, the Minister said that this is the third revision of deemed forests in Karnataka, taken up after a 1996 direction by the Supreme Court to protect green spaces not notified as forests.The first report in 2002 estimated deemed forest in Karnataka at 9.94 lakh hectares. It was revised down to 3.33 lakh hectares in 2022. The then government (in 2022) led by the BJP filed an affidavit before the apex court on the same.But the report prepared during the tenure of BJP led government had several errors.
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