Poor farmers, tribespeople and the downtrodden sections of society in six States would be adversely affected and the land mafia would benefit if the recommendations of the K. Kasturirangan Committee for the conservation of the Western Ghats were implemented, V.S. Vijayan, environmentalist and Director, Salim Ali Foundation, has said.
Urging the Union and State governments to implement the Gadgil committee report on Western Ghats conservation, over 250 environmental activists from Malabar, staged a satyagraha in the city on Saturday.
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