Mekedatu project will create a disaster, says ecologist

"The Mekedatu will create a disaster," said T V Ramachandra, a professor at the Centre for Ecological Sciences at the Indian Institute of Science at a Bengaluru 2040 panel discussion about protecting and restoring the biodiversity of Bengaluru. "The project will submerge 5,000 acres of forest. Instead, we should look at local solutions like rainwater harvesting." The forests

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