A group of about 30 environmental groups from the state on
Friday submitted a memorandum to Governor Nikhil Kumar, Chief Minister Oommen
Chandy and Opposition leader V S Achuthanandan for the the speedy
implementation of the recommendations of the Madhav Gadgil report on the
Western Ghats.
In the memorandum, they said there was great concern with
respect to the fast deterioration of the Western Ghats and its profound adverse
impact on the very existence of the people of the state.
After submitting the memorandum, environmentalists A
Achuthan, Thayyat Balan and T Shobheendran said that Chandy had given an
assurance that a meeting of those who support and oppose the Gadgil report will
be convened within a month. ''The Chief Minister said that the
environmentalists, farmer's organisations and quarry owners will be called in a
single platform to discuss the report,'' Achuthan said.
Source: The New Indian Express
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