Save Mahadayi Movement members decide to create awareness on dangers of projects

Save Mahadayi Movement raises awareness about dangers to Western Ghats from Mahadayi basin projects, urging public to join the cause.

Members of the Save Mahadayi Movement have decided to create awareness among the public about the dangers posed by the various Mayadayi basin projects to the Western Ghats.

At a public meeting in Belagavi on Saturday, leaders of various organisations vowed to strive unitedly under the umbrella of Save Mahadayi Movement.

Activists agreed to work together in creating awareness among stakeholders, urban dwellers and among young men and women.

During the meeting, environmentalists of the district vowed to preserve the Western Ghats which have one of the greatest plant diversity in the world.

They decided to create public awareness and create a public movement in the coming days.

Veteran activist Dilip Kamath said that the Western Ghats, which spread from Gujarat to Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala, are one of the most eco-sensitive forests in the world and protecting and preserving them is necessary.

“I have been actively participating in the struggle to save the Western Ghats for the last 30 years. From time to time, people have been organized in the foothills of the Western Ghats to create awareness and create public movements to save the Sahyadri Hills,” he said.