The Left Democratic Front (LDF) Wayanad district committee has called for a dawn-to-dusk hartal on June 12 in the district in protest against a Supreme Court order prescribing one km around protected forests as ecologically sensitive zones (ESZ).
District convener C.K. Saseendran said in a release that the Supreme Court directive would adversely affect thousands of families in the district, especially those living on the fringes of the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary.
A quick intervention of the Union government was the need of the hour as forests were included on the concurrent list, Mr.Saseendran said.
