Karnataka Cabinet rejects Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats

Karnataka Cabinet rejects Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats

The Karnataka Cabinet on Wednesday decided to reject the recommendations of the Kasturirangan report on the Western Ghats and convey the same to the Centre.

"We will appeal to the Union government not to implement the report," Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T B Jayachandra told reporters after the meeting.

The report, if implemented, would make life miserable for lakhs of people as the report seeks to declare 1,576 villages in 10 district:Belagavi, Chikkamagaluru, Chamarajanagar, Kodagu, Hassan, Uttara Kannada, Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Mysuru and Shivamogga as part of an eco-sensitive zone, where sand mining, quarrying and development activities like construction of schools, hospitals, group housing would be banned, Jayachandra said.