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Karnataka set to oppose implementation of Kasturirangan report

  •   Tue, Jul 19 2022 02:15:47 PM

Bengaluru, Jul 19 (IANS): All party leaders, farmers in Karnataka have announced to launch series of agitations against the implementation of the recommendations of the Kasturirangan Committee on Western Ghats by the Centre from July 27.

Though the ruling BJP government in the state has assured of resorting to the legal course of action to prevent the Union government from doing so, the silence of 25 BJP MPs from the state in connection with the issue is being flayed. Out of 28 Lok Sabha seats, Karnataka had elected 25 BJP candidates in the last parliamentary elections.

The central government has issued a notification for the fourth time in connection with implementing the report. It has been decided to launch the agitation on July 27 in Hassan district. Bandh will be observed in Kodagu and Chikkamagalur on July 28 and 29.

Classification of 56,826 square kilometers of Western Ghat region, including the area in Karnataka and other states, as per the report of the Kasturirangan Committee by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has raised stiff opposition in the state.

The Karnataka government has already rejected the report and opposed the recommendations of the report. It is feared that development of the region will suffer with the implementation of the report.

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai had earlier clarified in the virtual meeting with Bhupinder Yadav, Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change that classifying the Western Ghat region as a sensitive zone will impact the life of people of the region and affect their livelihood. He also added that the proposal is opposed by the people as well as the state government.

A decision to this effect was during a the cabinet meet.

Karnataka has one of the largest forest cover in the country. Experts have opined that opposition to the Kasturirangan Committee is disastrous for ecologically fragile Western Ghats. The report proposes 37 per cent of the total area of Western Ghats, which is about 60,000 square kilometers, should be declared as eco-sensitive area (ESA).

Out of this, 20,688 square kilometers will fall in Karnataka state covering 1,576 villages. The report has recommended prohibition on mining, quarrying, setting up of red category industries and thermal power projects.

The protesters have planned to file petitions from villagers to the Ministry of Environment. It is also being planned to meet the Union Minister for Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change by the end of July.

 

 

 

 
  

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  • griffith, kulai

    Tue, Jul 19 2022

    Soon reddy bros and co ,modi bros and co and patel bros and co will start mining here ,loot our states and kill endangered animals and spoil the whole ecosystem,water resources ,loot all the wealth and prosperity .Finally leave barren land and curses to us. destruction of western ghats in any circumstance is like digging our own graves.

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  • Rajan, Mangalore

    Tue, Jul 19 2022

    Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats replaced the pro-people and pro-nature --attitude of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel report on ecological conservation, by Madhav Gadgil, chairman of the panel.--Known as Gadgil report -- The Kasturirangan report was criticised for not consulting @ local village level -- and threats of mining - etc --and blanket issue of Zones -- In any case merits of the report are possibly and hopefully examined by experts for good of western ghats - Now we find even this KASTURIRANGAN report has opposition by the STATE Govt itself which is supposed to be -- the now famed --DOUBLE ENGINE GOVERNMENT -- All know destruction happening -- Coorg -- Hassan -- Chikamagalur -- & other districts falling under western ghats --

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  • francis lobo, Mangalore

    Tue, Jul 19 2022

    If the government does not oppose then the illegal resorts and houses built in the Chikmaglur, Shimoga, and North Kanara districts by political bigwigs and their chelas need to be demolished. The only solution is the Supreme court which will give a blanket ban like it did in the Karnataka and Goa forest conservation area stopping all mining and tourism activity. The impact of the Kasturirangan report is good for the forest, environment, and good for the country. The loosers will go to court and supreme court judgements are very strong in these cases

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  • Surendra Poojari, Mangalore

    Tue, Jul 19 2022

    All 25 BJP MP's are useless. They are good for nothing. They can't even bring our share of GST, they can't even ask for flood relief. What better can be expected from these useless MP's.

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