Madhav Gadgil

Noted ecologist Madhav Gadgil has warned that Goa may face the same fate as the flood-battered Kerala if it does not take environmental precautions. Like other states, Goa too, is witnessing a rise in profit-driven activities.

Amid controversy over two reports on Western Ghats, the government today said the issue of conserving the ecologically-sensitive hills in six states will be addressed in a democratic way.

The government today junked the report on Western Ghats by environmentalist Madhav Gadgil and said it instead prefers the Kasturirangan Committee's report.

Parties and farmers outfits in Kerala, cutting across political divide, today staged violent street protests opposing the Centre's decision to implement key suggestions of a committee on Western Ghats conservation, alleging it would lead to large scale displacement of settler farmers.

Under pressure to implement recommendations of the Madhav Gadgil and Kasturirangan panels on Western Ghats preservation, Congress-led UDF Government in Kerala today decided to form an experts' committee to prepare the state's response on the issue sought by the Centre.

Noted ecologist Madhav Gadgil has warned that Goa may face the same fate as the flood-battered Kerala if it does not take environmental precautions. Like other states, Goa too, is witnessing a rise in profit-driven activities.

Amid controversy over two reports on Western Ghats, the government today said the issue of conserving the ecologically-sensitive hills in six states will be addressed in a democratic way.

The government today junked the report on Western Ghats by environmentalist Madhav Gadgil and said it instead prefers the Kasturirangan Committee's report.

Parties and farmers outfits in Kerala, cutting across political divide, today staged violent street protests opposing the Centre's decision to implement key suggestions of a committee on Western Ghats conservation, alleging it would lead to large scale displacement of settler farmers.

Under pressure to implement recommendations of the Madhav Gadgil and Kasturirangan panels on Western Ghats preservation, Congress-led UDF Government in Kerala today decided to form an experts' committee to prepare the state's response on the issue sought by the Centre.