At a time when local people, particularly fishermen, are crusading against a

MUMBAI: The state government has been careless in its duty to protect the flora and fauna of the state - as is evident from its move to promote mining tourism in Sindhudurg - but the Bombay high court has not forgotten its green responsibility.

In a bid to stop the unmindful assault on the state's biodiversity, a division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice D Y Chandrachud has issued

Nagarika Seva Trust and Dakshina Kannada Parisarasaktara Okkuta urged the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel led by Madhav Gadgil not to recommend Gundia power project as well as other mini hydel power projects in the Western Ghat region.

In a memorandum submitted to the Madhav Gadgil during his visit to Gundia, the NGOs said that the government had given nod for the setting up of 136 mini hyde

Sundernagar: In the absence of any clear-cut policy thousands of water bodies in the hill state are either highly polluted or losing its character.

The lack of awareness on the subject is further proving fatal, as it has been observed that at village-level water bodies are being destroyed, as residents consider them as unproductive and fill it with debris.