The assembly passed a resolution on the eco sensitive zone (ESZ) demanding that the Centre exclude inhabited areas, agriculture fields and public organizations from the ambit of the eco sensitive zones while issuing the final notification.

About 30% of land in the state is forest land, while 48% comprises the Western Ghats, lakes, backwaters, paddy land and wetland. The Population density of the state is more than 900 per square km, and the present population is 3.5 crore.

Hence, there is very little land available in the state. The proposal of the state that inhabited areas should completely be excluded from the ambit of eco-sensitive zones was under the consideration of the Centre, when The Supreme Court order was pronounced, the resolution said.