Stop the unnecessary cutting of thousands of trees in Coorg District of Karnataka, for a power line to a neighbouring state.
Lakhs of people in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu depend on the river water created by Kodagu’s forests. But under the influence of timber merchants from a neighboring state, who stand to benefit monetarily, the political leaders in Kodagu (Coorg) and Bangalore, have given permission for the cutting of thousands of trees in Kodagu’s forests.
The trees are being cut in a 52 metre (170 feet) wide passage for a length of 55 km through Kodagu's forests and estates to make room for high-tension wires which can easily be taken through another route which is ecologically, less damaging. The cables can even be taken underground like was done in Gujarat. This was done in 2011, due to the death of hundreds of migratory birds that came in contact with the High Tension Cables. The same Power Grid Corporation of India has also floated tenders for taking the entire High Tension Transmission Lines Underground in Navi Mumbai.
The River Cauvery is born in Kodagu's forests, forests are the mothers of rivers and we - the people of Kodagu, Mandya, Mysore, Bangalore and all the villages and towns of Tamil Nadu through which theRiver Cauvery passes, from Dharmapuri and Erode to Thanjavur and Poompuhar– request that you support this petition of the Save Cauvery Forum.
It is time that powerful businessmen and political leaders understood that these forests belong to the people. The rains and rivers they generate support the livelihood of lakhs of people in both Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
Help us to stop the currently ongoing cutting of thousands of irreplaceable trees. "The health of the hills is the wealth of the plains."
ONCE YOU SIGN THE PETITION, PLEASE E-MAIL THE CHIEF MINISTER OF KARNATAKA AND MARK COPIES TO THE FOUR OTHER INDIVIDUALS CONCERNED. TOGETHER THEY HAVE THE POWER TO STOP THIS ECOLOGICAL DISASTER IN THE MAKING.
Karnataka State Minister for Ecology & Environment at [email protected]
Kodagu
District In-Charge Minister (who is also the Karnataka State Home Minister)
at [email protected]
President of India at [email protected]
Union Minister for Environment & Forests
at [email protected]
When you email the ministers feel free to use the content given below, in your email.
Dear Sir,
We the people of Kodagu, Mandya, Mysore, Bangalore and all the villages and towns of Tamil Nadu through which theRiver Cauvery passes - from Dharmapuri and Erode to Thanjavur and Poompuhar– request that you stop the cutting of thousands of trees in Kodagu.
Kodagu’s forests belong to the people, and not to the timber merchants of Kerala, who are now dictating terms in the way our State uses its forest resources. Our forests give birth to the River Cauvery, and it has since time immemorial supported agriculture and many ways of life in all the above named regions.
We have reason to believe the high-tension wires can easily be taken through another route which is ecologically, less damaging. The wires can even be taken underground like was done in Gujarat.
We are asking you, the Chief Minister of Karnataka, the Karnataka State Minister for Ecology & Environment, the Kodagu District In-Charge Minister (who is also the Karnataka State Home Minister), the Union Minister for Environment & Forests and the President of India - to put a stop to this ecological disaster in the making.
Stop the ongoing killing of thousands of irreplaceable trees in Kodagu. "The health of the hills is the wealth of the plains."
Updates
February 26, 2014
The feedback I keep receiving from the villages along the river is heavy because people are genuinely terrified about losing the water source that sustains their entire lives. I have been spending my nights digging into the alternative routes for these cables and it is infuriating to see how easily they could avoid this forest if they actually cared to try. This process is exhausting but I am not walking away from this fight.
February 26, 2014
Seeing this kind of movement confirms that people are finally waking up to the destruction happening in our forests. The exhaustion is real but the support gives me enough to keep pushing forward.
Reached 100 supporters
February 26, 2014
182 Comments
Cutting of 50,000 irreplaceable trees would irrevocably damage our habitat, biodiversity and aridity and incur significant adverse soil erosion and finally leading into wasteland. Its a shame - Please stop this!!
Ministers and President - Your definition of progress seems to belong to an industrial age that has past its expiry date. Kindly rexamine your definition of progress. Learn from Bhutan the true definition of progress. The future of a nation lies not in its capacity to use its natural resources but to preserve it.
Avoid irrepairable invaluable destructin in the Cauvery catchment. Save the natural eco system of COORG for the sustainability of 8 crore downstream dwellers.
Kodagu District is the principal catchment of River Cauvery and provides almost fifty percent of the total inflow. Protecting the Eco Systems of Kodagu is therefore in the National Interrest
Forest is none's property, its belongs to ppl, animals who live there. Government doesn't have to rights to destroy for commercial needs. Its more expensive for the forest to grow back instead of finding an alternative route for that project. What govt shud realise is we should maintain western ghats for future generation else nothing will be left.
pls my dears brothers and my dear sister save our nature and save nxt future..
We have to protect our Mother Earth
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Stop the unnecessary cutting of thousands of trees in Coorg District of Karnataka, for a power line to a neighbouring state.
Lakhs of people in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu depend on the river water created by Kodagu’s forests. But under the influence of timber merchants from a neighboring state, who stand to benefit monetarily, the political leaders in Kodagu (Coorg) and Bangalore, have given permission for the cutting of thousands of trees in Kodagu’s forests.
The trees are being cut in a 52 metre (170 feet) wide passage for a length of 55 km through Kodagu's forests and estates to make room for high-tension wires which can easily be taken through another route which is ecologically, less damaging. The cables can even be taken underground like was done in Gujarat. This was done in 2011, due to the death of hundreds of migratory birds that came in contact with the High Tension Cables. The same Power Grid Corporation of India has also floated tenders for taking the entire High Tension Transmission Lines Underground in Navi Mumbai.
The River Cauvery is born in Kodagu's forests, forests are the mothers of rivers and we - the people of Kodagu, Mandya, Mysore, Bangalore and all the villages and towns of Tamil Nadu through which theRiver Cauvery passes, from Dharmapuri and Erode to Thanjavur and Poompuhar– request that you support this petition of the Save Cauvery Forum.
It is time that powerful businessmen and political leaders understood that these forests belong to the people. The rains and rivers they generate support the livelihood of lakhs of people in both Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
Help us to stop the currently ongoing cutting of thousands of irreplaceable trees. "The health of the hills is the wealth of the plains."
ONCE YOU SIGN THE PETITION, PLEASE E-MAIL THE CHIEF MINISTER OF KARNATAKA AND MARK COPIES TO THE FOUR OTHER INDIVIDUALS CONCERNED. TOGETHER THEY HAVE THE POWER TO STOP THIS ECOLOGICAL DISASTER IN THE MAKING.
Karnataka State Minister for Ecology & Environment at [email protected]
Kodagu
District In-Charge Minister (who is also the Karnataka State Home Minister)
at [email protected]
President of India at [email protected]
Union Minister for Environment & Forests
at [email protected]
When you email the ministers feel free to use the content given below, in your email.
Dear Sir,
We the people of Kodagu, Mandya, Mysore, Bangalore and all the villages and towns of Tamil Nadu through which theRiver Cauvery passes - from Dharmapuri and Erode to Thanjavur and Poompuhar– request that you stop the cutting of thousands of trees in Kodagu.
Kodagu’s forests belong to the people, and not to the timber merchants of Kerala, who are now dictating terms in the way our State uses its forest resources. Our forests give birth to the River Cauvery, and it has since time immemorial supported agriculture and many ways of life in all the above named regions.
We have reason to believe the high-tension wires can easily be taken through another route which is ecologically, less damaging. The wires can even be taken underground like was done in Gujarat.
We are asking you, the Chief Minister of Karnataka, the Karnataka State Minister for Ecology & Environment, the Kodagu District In-Charge Minister (who is also the Karnataka State Home Minister), the Union Minister for Environment & Forests and the President of India - to put a stop to this ecological disaster in the making.
Stop the ongoing killing of thousands of irreplaceable trees in Kodagu. "The health of the hills is the wealth of the plains."
Updates
February 26, 2014
The feedback I keep receiving from the villages along the river is heavy because people are genuinely terrified about losing the water source that sustains their entire lives. I have been spending my nights digging into the alternative routes for these cables and it is infuriating to see how easily they could avoid this forest if they actually cared to try. This process is exhausting but I am not walking away from this fight.
February 26, 2014
Seeing this kind of movement confirms that people are finally waking up to the destruction happening in our forests. The exhaustion is real but the support gives me enough to keep pushing forward.
Reached 100 supporters
February 26, 2014
182 Comments
kaiga to kozikode distance 592 kms( source google), via mysore and coorg 780 kms, the intension is clear -"-timber". . STOP TREE CUTTING.. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. Take cable underground or change route
Cutting of 50,000 irreplaceable trees would irrevocably damage our habitat, biodiversity and aridity and incur significant adverse soil erosion and finally leading into wasteland. Its a shame - Please stop this!!
Ministers and President - Your definition of progress seems to belong to an industrial age that has past its expiry date. Kindly rexamine your definition of progress. Learn from Bhutan the true definition of progress. The future of a nation lies not in its capacity to use its natural resources but to preserve it.
Avoid irrepairable invaluable destructin in the Cauvery catchment. Save the natural eco system of COORG for the sustainability of 8 crore downstream dwellers.
Kodagu District is the principal catchment of River Cauvery and provides almost fifty percent of the total inflow. Protecting the Eco Systems of Kodagu is therefore in the National Interrest
Forest is none's property, its belongs to ppl, animals who live there. Government doesn't have to rights to destroy for commercial needs. Its more expensive for the forest to grow back instead of finding an alternative route for that project. What govt shud realise is we should maintain western ghats for future generation else nothing will be left.
pls my dears brothers and my dear sister save our nature and save nxt future..
We have to protect our Mother Earth
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kaiga to kozikode distance 592 kms( source google), via mysore and coorg 780 kms, the intension is clear -"-timber". . STOP TREE CUTTING.. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. Take cable underground or change route