Western Ghats panel gives approval

With the financial year nearing its end, the district-level co-ordination panel of the Western Ghats Development Committee has given green signal to a slew of development projects, including a Rs.2.35-crore scheme for wetlands Works on wetlands such as Mandrathodu and Elanikkad Moozhi, which had been approved by grama sabhas, have been included in the projects sanctioned by the committee.