Bengaluru: Two weeks after devastating floods and landslides battered Kodagu district, the State Government has directed the local administration to stop all land conversion approvals with immediate effect. The decision has been conveyed to the District Administration to prevent any further unbridled growth in the hilly region.
The government’s directive comes in the wake of advice by earth scientists from Hyderabad. The scientists have conveyed to the government that landslides were triggered by high rainfall, deforestation and slope cutting.
