Mangaluru : Activists of Sahyadri Sanchaya, have expressed fear that the proposed highway tunnel project at Shiradi Ghat in the Western Ghats could damage the environment and ecology. Dinesh Holla, convener of the sanchaya, said that the government has already taken up the Yettinahole diversion project in the ghats damaging the ecology and environment. It […]

Belthangady : Shops, business establishments and educational institutions were closed in Belthangady, Ujire and Dharmastala today as a mark of protest against the Yettinahole diversion project. Several organisations had given the call for bandh. People are opposing the State Government’s move to spend Rs. 13,000 crore on the project that does not get 24 tmc […]

Mangaluru : Activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) staged a protest outside the corporate office of Mangalore Electricity Supply Company Ltd. here on Tuesday opposing power cuts in the State. Addressing the protesters, K. Monappa Bhandary, former MLC, said that the State government had failed to meet the demand for power in the State. […]

Mangaluru : Nitte Institute of Communication , Paneer Campus Mangalore organised a guest lecture on “Western Ghats and rehabilitation issues” on 10th of September 2015 in the College auditorium . Mr Niren Jain, Forest and Wildlife Conservationist addressed the students and said “ Humans do not respond and relate to lot of changes taking place […]

Mangaluru : Member of Legislative Assembly, J R Lobo said “If the Yettinahole project is harmful to the environment, affects the inflow of water to the river Netravathi and Western Ghats, the work on the project should be stalled. Speaking to media persons here on Monday, he said, he will urge the State government to […]

Mangaluru : Communist Party of India (Marxist), led by the party’s Lok Sabha member from Tripura (East) Jitendra Chaudhury, took out a jatha and burnt a copy of the ordinance on land acquisition promulgated by the Narendra Modi government “to favour the corporates.” Mr. Chaudhury told a public meeting earlier that the ordinance had to […]

Udupi : Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje, said on Monday that the State government was not serious about opposing the recommendations of the K. Kasturirangan report on the conservation of Western Ghats. Ms. Karandlaje told press persons here that the State had failed to physically demarcate the Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESA) and identify the cultural landscapes […]

Mangalore : The members of National Environment Care Foundation staged a protest in front of the DC’s office on September 10, Wednesday demanding the state government to implement Gadgil report to preserve the natural resources in the Western Ghats. Addressing the protestors, H Shashidhar Shetty said that the as soon as the tiger is spotted […]

Bangalore: Union Minister for Environment and Forests M. Veerappa Moily on Wednesday appealed to people who are opposed to the Kasturirangan report on the Western Ghats, especially those in Kerala, not to politicise the issue. Speaking on the sidelines of an international seminar on ‘Sandalwood: current trends and future prospects’, jointly organised by the Indian […]

Bangalore: The report of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel, which was submitted to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests in 2011, continues to be misinterpreted by political parties and governments in Kerala, Goa and Maharashtra, ecologist Madhav Gadgil has said. Mr. Gadgil said at a State-level convention on ‘Save the Western Ghats’ here […]