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Parisarakkagi Navu, a forum for the environment, and Rashtrabhaktara Balaga jointly launched a day-and-night protestation opposing the Sharavathy Pumped Storage task successful Shivamogga connected Tuesday.
K.S. Eshwarappa, erstwhile Minister, A.T. Ramaswamy, Mahima Patel, erstwhile legislators, Maruthi Guruji of Bangarammakki Kshetra, and environmentalists B.M. Kumaraswamy and others joined the dharna adjacent Nehru Stadium.
Mr. Eshwarappa, addressing the protesters, said that the task would harm the Western Ghats and impact the uncommon animals. Even aft repeated appeals and protests, the State authorities had refused to respect the sentiments of environmentalists.
“We volition not fto the authorities instrumentality this arguable project. The Centre should not springiness consent to the government. Many people, genuinely acrophobic astir the environment, person joined hands to reason the project,” helium stated.
Maruthi Guruji of Bangaramakki Kshetra said that the protestation had been organised successful the involvement of aboriginal generations. “We are opposing the task arsenic it volition origin irreparable harm to the delicate wood area. Already, respective dams person been constructed successful the Sharavathy Valley. The authorities should not spell for much operation successful the valley,” helium said.
He appealed to the nationalist to articulation the protestation against the task successful ample numbers and enactment unit connected the authorities to retreat the project. Mahima Patel, erstwhile MLA, opined that conserving quality for aboriginal generations was the work of each citizen.
