According to the Supreme Court order, every protected forest, national park and wildlife sanctuary across the country should have a mandatory eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) of a minimum ______ starting from their boundaries.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → 1 Km
An eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) is a belt of land around a protected area in which harmful activities are controlled, so that it acts as a shock absorber between the protected area and the busy land outside.
In its judgment of 3 June 2022 (T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad case), the Supreme Court directed that every protected forest, national park and wildlife sanctuary must have an ESZ of a minimum of 1 km measured from its boundary, and that no permanent structure or mining would be allowed inside it.