I hope the State Governments properly identify the no-go areas and not just draw an arbitrary line around the existing eco-sensitive areas. Lets wait and watch for the progress on this issue. In many places the so called developmental activities like industries and mining are happening within a few meters of the forests, so the States are averse to issue a guideline.

10km stretch around the existing eco-sensitive areas is a reasonable limit and should have been implemented without waiting for each state to create one. If a country cannot protect even 4% of its landmass which is under forest areas and leave it unmolested, then what can it do?