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It is expected that the power line will result in the removal of native vegetation in the Western Ghats.
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File photo A power project in the neighbouring State of Goa has been ruffling feathers in Karnataka with environmentalists and conservationists raising alarm over its impact on the State’s ecology and wildlife.
The Goa-Tamnar Transmission Line, which is aimed at bringing more power to Goa, seeks diversion of forest land in Dharwad, Belagavi, and Uttara Kannada in Karnataka as well, a major part of it in the Western Ghats, they have alleged. They have urged the authorities here to reject the proposal.