Synopsis : Environmentalists expressed concern regarding the need to protect the Western Ghats from destructive activitiesthat disturb the ecosystem of the Sharavathi River for development projects. They said the Union Ministry must ensure that no PSPs are located within legally protected areas or in ecologically, geologically, and otherwise sensitive zones of the Western Ghats.

The National Alliance for Climate and Ecological Justice (NACEJ) and the All-India Rivers Forum of NAPM expressed concern regarding the need to protect the Western Ghats from destructive activities, such as deforestation and tunnelling, that disturb the ecosystem of the Sharavathi River for development projects.

In a letter sent to the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, and Karnataka Chie

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