Karnataka: Science researcher objects to Hubballi-Ankola railway line
A day before a public consultation meeting on the Hubballi-Ankola railway is set to be held, a basic science researcher based out of Uttara Kannada district, Ravi Hegde, has submitted a list of objections against the railway project to the office of the deputy commissioner of the district.
The Union environment ministry on June 3 this year had set up a seven-member committee to examine the project. The team is on a visit to the district. The project requires the conversion of 594.64 hectare of forest land.
“The rain forests of Arabail ghat region, where the rail track is proposed, harbour unique endangered (in risk of extinction) and endemic (only seen in that locality)
