Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysore City Pensioners Association has urged the Kodagu Deputy Commissioner (DC) not to accord approval or No Objection Certificate (NOC) for conversion of wetlands/paddy lands for commercial purposes, housing colonies and layouts to protect the fragile ecosystem of Kodagu that was ravaged by two years of back-to-back floods and landslides.
In a letter to DC Annies Kanmani Joy, President of the Association K.C. Biddappa has said that relaxing regulations to build commercial premises by converting agricultural land will spell doom for the district again and vulnerable areas include areas close to the river and slope areas of the district must be watched so that development will not take place.
