Western Ghats, UNESCO & Karnataka’s politicians
Author :
churumuri
Blog :churumuri
Date: 8/19/2012 12:24:07 PM
“D.E. Nizamuddin“, the gossip columnist who once adorned the pages of M.J. Akbar‘s now-defunct Sunday magazine, has resumed his column at Niti Central, the centre-right website.
His first piece has this telling item:
“This is a first even for our permissive politicians. In Karnataka politicians of all hues seemed to have joined hands to spurn the UNESCO proposal to declare the Western Ghats a world heritage site. This is an honour most nations seek, nay, work behind the scenes to get because it bestows international recognition on ancient monuments, old cities, pristine ecosystems, etc. But in Karnataka there seems to be a conspiracy to reject the UNESCO offer because it would then prevent politicians from milking the Western Ghats through unbridled exploitation by friendly real estate developers, miners, etc. Can one rely on BJP president Nitin Gadkari to put drive sense into the heads of whoever in his party is in control of the Government at this moment?
Read the column: Olympians, politicians and babus
Filed under: Issues and Ideas, Kannada & Karnataka Tagged: BJP, Churumuri, D.E. Nizamuddin, Kanchan Gupta, Niti Central, Nitin Gadkari, sangh parivar, Sans Serif, Sunday Magazine, Vir Sanghvi 
