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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Writing on the wall: Infrastructure projects are destroying Western Ghats -Veena Poonacha

Writing on the wall: Infrastructure projects are destroying Western Ghats -Veena Poonacha

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published Published on Oct 27, 2020   modified Modified on Oct 28, 2020

-Down to Earth

The time to put off the inevitable question about human relationship to nature is long past. Our assumption that we can control and modify nature without repercussions is a fallacy

Lofty mountains that touch the azure skies, gentle hills clothed in dense tropical forests and evergreen valleys — the Western Ghats nurture a variety of ecosystems not found in any other part of the world.

Spread over 164,280 square kilometres, these mountain ranges foster varieties of endemic plants, animals, birds and reptiles. The rivers that cascade down the mountains into the valleys below — the Godavari, Tungabhadra, Bhima, Tapi and Cauvery — are vital for the survival of nearly 245 million people in Peninsular India.

The destruction of these forests, however, through rampant pillage of natural resources, ill-considered infrastructure projects and indiscriminate promotion of tourism, destroys a biosphere seen as a biological hotspot.

Ecological crisis

The brunt of this plunder is borne by the people living in this biosphere: Each passing year, the monsoon brings in its wake floods and landslides that destroy crops, houses and properties.

In Kodagu district (Karnataka), 35 villages from six gram panchayats were destroyed in 2018 due to floods. At least 13 villages and hamlets disappeared without a trace. It was as if these villages bustling with life, coffee estates, paddy fields, cattle sheds and houses never existed.

Villages were also isolated because of the damage caused to roads by the landslips. Sadly, these catastrophes have recurred in the ensuing years in increasingly widening circles of devastation. Landslips on the Iguthappa Padi and Brahamagiri mountains have altered their topography.

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Down to Earth, 27 October, 2020, https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/wildlife-biodiversity/writing-on-the-wall-infrastructure-projects-are-destroying-western-ghats-73967?fbclid=IwAR2ZEUeYan6IjHYphbyw5eJx6DDyTR0H2irUP1n-O9RHT9IAMLhxXJDDlT4


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