Mysuru: The President of Coorg Wildlife Society K.C. Biddappa has also written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister for Transport Nitin Gadkari, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar, Cabinet Secretary P.K. Sinha, Principal Secretary, Prime Minister’s Office Nripendra Misra and Karnataka Chief Secretary Vijay Bhaskar requesting them to prevent the proposed widening of the existing two-lane NH-275 into four lanes between Kushalnagar and Sampaje as it would cause irreparable damage to the sensitive ecology.
Focussing on River Cauvery and the damage it would cause to the river, the lifeline of South Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, Biddappa said that the Highway expansion threatens the very existence of Cauvery, affecting the lives of 1.5 crore people.
