Civil society scores a win as an SC-appointed panel red-flags projects in Goa’s forests
The Central Empowered Committee recommended the cancellation of double-tracking of a railway line from Castle Rock in Karnataka to Kulem in Goa. May 14, 2021 · 09:30 pm Activists have been campaigning advocating for the protection of the Mollem National Park and Bhagwan Mahaveer Wildlife Sanctuary. | Indranil Mukherjee / AFP
On April 23, the Central Empowered Committee, a fact-finding body appointed by the Supreme Court of India to research on matters related to the environment, in response to a petition filed by non-profit Goa Foundation, released a report red-flagging three infrastructure projects in Goa that threaten the biodiversity of Mollem National Park and Bhagwan Mahaveer Wildlife Sanctuary.
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Since November 2020, hundreds of villagers and flash mobs in Goa have been protesting against three major infrastructure projects in the picturesque Mollem town close to the state s border with Karnataka. They say the projects-to double a railway track, widen a national highway and build a sub-station for a power transmission line from Karnataka-will cause irreparable harm to the forests adjacent to the Mollem National Park, a 240 sq. km protected area in the Western Ghats.
Environmental activists claim some 100,000 trees face the axe due to these projects. A fourth project, the 345-acre IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) campus in the ecologically sensitive Melauli area of north Goa, was moved out on January 15 after protests from locals.