Villages marked as forest in Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary satellite survey, ESZ in map

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Many enclosure villages located inside the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS) under Noolpuzha panchayat are demarcated as eco sensitive zone (ESZ) in the map published on

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Thursday. Adding to the confusion, many of these enclosure villages are designated as forest areas in the satellite survey.

“It is totally confusing.Four of our wards (1, 2, 3 and 12) in Vadakkadad area are entirely missing in the satellite survey as these areas are classified as forest.

The panchayat borders with three protected forests spread over three states — the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnataka’s Bandipur Tiger Reserve and Tamil Nadu’s Mudumalai Tiger Reserve — and most of the human habitations there face the prospect of getting included in one-km ESZ if the SC order is implemented.