The High Court has directed the petitioners to file a report regarding the impact on wildlife, if one of the mini-hydel power projects is allowed to continue at Kenchankumari and Yedakkumari reserve forests of the Western Ghats.
Hearing a petition by Prashanth Yavagal and Western Ghats Environmental Forum, the Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Vikramajit Sen and Justice B V Nagarathna continued the status quo order in connection with establishing the plant by the respondent power company - Maruthi Powergen Private Limited - and directed the Union Ministry for Environment and Forests (MoEF)
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/hydel-projects-hc-seeks-report
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/deccan-herald-bangalore
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/western-ghats
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hydroelectricity
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/high-court
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-environment-and-forests-moef
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/flora
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fauna
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dams
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dams-irrigation
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/karnataka
