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September 15, 20250

WHY IS KARNATAKA PUSHING SHARAVATHI PSP SO DESPERATELY INSIDE A SANCTUARY?

Meera Bhardwaj: Sharavathi Pumped Storage Project (PSP) is India’s most controversial hydro-power project since Independence. The location of

August 19, 20250

Meera Bhardwaj @ Madhugiri The blackbucks of Jayamangali thrive more outside the Conservation Reserve (CR) rather than inside the protected ar

August 12, 20250

Meera Bhardwaj: The move to denotify 428.4 square kms of Shettihalli Wildlife Sanctuary (WLS) comes as a shocker. As part of boundary rational

August 11, 20250

Meera Bhardwaj: Incidents of people deboarding their vehicles when traversing Bandipur Tiger Reserve is on the rise. On Sunday evening, a man

July 29, 20250

Shankar Sharma The Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) should straight away reject forest clearance (FC) for the 2000 MW Sharavathi Pumped Storage

July 20, 20250

GREEN MINUTE NEWS: Activists have raised strong objections to the In-Principle Approval granted for the 2000 MW Pumped Storage Project (PSP) i

July 17, 20250

Meera Bhardwaj: Another elephant electrocuted, this time at Dandeli in Karnataka on June 12, this year. This takes the elephant electrocution

July 12, 20250

Meera Bhardwaj: The Sharavathi PSP gets in principle Central approval despite rejections, disapprovals and protests by power experts, activist

June 17, 20250

R S TEJUS: It was a quiet Monday evening on June 9, deep inside the forest of the Biligiri Ranganatha Temple (BRT) Tiger Reserve. Ravi, a Soli

May 28, 20250

Meera Bhardwaj: The most controversial 2000 MW Sharavathi PSP project in Karnataka is embroiled in deceit & violations. Although this pump