Mining in Western Ghats may be curbed
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
Panaji: Capping the extent of mining in the Western Ghats, stretching from Maharashtra to Kerala, is being considered, the head of a panel monitoring the area’s ecology said Tuesday. ‘We are certainly considering that (capping mining) and we will make some recommendations,’ said environmentalist Madhav Gadgil, who heads the Western Ghat Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP). […]
