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HONGADAHALLA (GUNDIA
PROJECT SITE, HASSAN
DIST): There is a need for en-
ergy security, but not at the
cost of ecology and environ-
ment, said Dr G V Subra-
manyan, Advisor to Union
Ministry of Environment
and Forests (MoEF), after
visiting Horibetta, Bet-
takumeri and Hongadahalla,
the proposed sites for Gun-
dia Hydro Electric Project
(GHEP) to be constructed in
Hassan and Dakshina Kan-
nada districts, on Thursday.
Expert panel
this project thrice since 2008
and in its June 30, 2010 meet-
ing in Delhi, finally decided to
says IISc study
Western Ghats Ecology Expert rich endemic land, where en- Aomestosum (Surhonne), It may be recalled that the scrap the Hongadahalla dam HONGADAHALLA (HASSAN rare and endemic fauna of the
Panel Chairman Prof Madhav dangered animal species move Elueocarpus (Rudraksha), MoEF had referred the Gun- from the scheme. Now, the total DIST): A study made by Energy Western Ghats.
Gadgil clarified that the panel is around freely and the hill tops Myristieg (Rampatri), Tree dia hydel power project to the land requirement has de- and Wetland Research Group, “The premium should be on
only an advisory body to make and many slopes having luxuri- ferns (Cyathea), Pinanga dick- Western Ghats Ecology Expert creased from 1,041 ha to 478.96 Centre for Ecological Sciences, conservation of the remaining
recommendations and a final ous grass lands favourable for sonii (Kadadakke), Dipterocar- panel, under the chairmanship ha (private land 71.98 ha, forest Indian Institute of Sciences evergreen and semi-evergreen
decision on the Gundia project wildlife. pus (Gurjan) and many more. of Prof Madhav Gadgil to look land 113.22 ha and revenue land (IISc) on - “Biodiversity, Ecolo- forests, which are vital for the
will be taken by the MoEF. The Interestingly, the panel mem- Other experts in the team in- at the development and envi- including river course is 293.76 gy and Socio-Economic aspects water security and food securi-
panel will submit its report by bers, during their very short vis- cluded panel member Vidya ronmental issues in the context ha). of Gundia River Basin in the ty,” it states.
March 2011, he said. it to the dense forests in Hori- Nayak, Niraj Kathri and Amith of the ecologically-significant, DH News Service context of proposed mega hy-
dro electric power project” re- Short-sighted
affirms that Gundia Basin in Stating that the short-sighted