Tourist menace in Chandradrona range
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Environmentalists of Chikkamagaluru have alleged that the district administration was not taking any measures to stop the entry of tourists in large scale to the eco-sensitive Chandradrona range of mountains.
In a press release issued on Friday, D.V.Girish of Bhadra Wildlife Conservation Trust, Sridev Hulikere of Wildcat-C and S. Girijashankar, a former member of the Wildlife Board, said during the weekend, hundreds of people visit the place. There were about 1,200 to 1,500 vehicles a day between January 24 and 26. “It is a sensitive area with many tourist spots. Moreover, it is a place for many wild animals. The entry of so many vehicles would affect the movement of wild animals. Besides that, large quantity solid waste is being collected on the hills due to the uncontrolled visit of tourists”, they said.
Mangaluru: Stone quarrying in Karnataka coast - Explosives pose danger
Tue, Feb 02 2021 02:10:50 PM
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Feb 2: Dakshina Kannada district has about 120 stone quarries. These quarries use guillotine and other explosives for setting off explosions and extract stones.
Relating to the proliferation of red bauxite, laterite stone and sand mining going on in the district, politicians have been making allegations and counter allegations against one another. However, directly no one s name has specifically emerged anywhere. Large scale explosion had happened at Vittal in 2016 and about ten years back at Kadaba.
Granite mining is a huge industry in Udupi. As many as 116 of the quarries there are authorised. There are allegations that local politicians have been running quarries in the name of industrialists. Most of the stone quarries are located in Udupi, Karkala, and Kundapur taluks. Mostly black granites are extracted at these quarri