Karnataka govt rejects Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats

Karnataka government is planning a legal battle ahead of the National Green Tribunal’s impending decision on the implementation of Kasturirangan report.

The Karnataka government has decided to reject the K Kasturirangan Committee report that declares nearly 1,500 places across the Western Ghats as ecologically sensitive. Karnataka’s stand comes even as parts of the state were devastated by massive floods in August 2018 and the same was blamed on the unbridled exploitation of the Ghat region.

The state is planning to approach the supreme court on the issues. The state govt move comes on the heels of the National Green Tribunal hearing a case by Goa Foundation to implement the Kasturirangan committee report. The foundation then moved the case to SC that served notice to concerned govts to respond.