<p>BJP MLC Basavaraj Horatti has urged Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to initiate bold measures to protect Kappatagudda from mining activities.</p>.<p>“Miners are eyeing Kappatagudda once again. The forest wealth at Kappatagudda is under threat. Bold measures should be taken to protect and preserve the Kappatagudda,” Horrati has said in a letter addressed to the chief minister. </p>.<p>“The government should mercilessly reject proposals for mining at Kappatagudda without yielding to any pressure. A task force should be constituted for protecting the hill. The government should also come out with special projects in this regard,” the MLC suggested.</p>.<p>Horatti hoped that Bommai, who hails from north Karnataka and knows about the forest wealth at the hill, will take special interest and protect the natural resources.</p>.<p>The Kappatgudda should be protected on the lines of Western Ghats, he suggested. The government notified the Kappatgudda as a wildlife sanctuary in 2019. The government order and the Supreme Court order ban any type of mining within the 10-km radius of the sanctuary.</p>.<p>“The government’s decision to limit the ecologically sensitive zone to just one-kilometre radius is against the court order. The move also ignores consequences of mining on the environment,” Horatti noted in the letter. </p>
<p>BJP MLC Basavaraj Horatti has urged Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to initiate bold measures to protect Kappatagudda from mining activities.</p>.<p>“Miners are eyeing Kappatagudda once again. The forest wealth at Kappatagudda is under threat. Bold measures should be taken to protect and preserve the Kappatagudda,” Horrati has said in a letter addressed to the chief minister. </p>.<p>“The government should mercilessly reject proposals for mining at Kappatagudda without yielding to any pressure. A task force should be constituted for protecting the hill. The government should also come out with special projects in this regard,” the MLC suggested.</p>.<p>Horatti hoped that Bommai, who hails from north Karnataka and knows about the forest wealth at the hill, will take special interest and protect the natural resources.</p>.<p>The Kappatgudda should be protected on the lines of Western Ghats, he suggested. The government notified the Kappatgudda as a wildlife sanctuary in 2019. The government order and the Supreme Court order ban any type of mining within the 10-km radius of the sanctuary.</p>.<p>“The government’s decision to limit the ecologically sensitive zone to just one-kilometre radius is against the court order. The move also ignores consequences of mining on the environment,” Horatti noted in the letter. </p>