By P.T. Bopanna The plans of the BJP government headed by Basavaraj Bommai (in picture) in Karnataka to enact a controversial legislation to convert farm lands for non-agriculture purposes, could spell disaster for Kodagu...
By P.T. Bopanna Residents of Kodagu (Coorg) district in Karnataka have not taken kindly to a proposal by the Dabur group to convert a coffee estate into a school campus in an ecologically sensitive...
By P.T. Bopanna Bowing to pressure from the Kerala timber lobby, the BJP government in Karnataka headed by B.S. Yediyurappa has rejected the Kasturirangan report to conserve the Western Ghats. This is a tragic...
By P.T. Bopanna The Kodagu (Coorg) district administration headed by deputy commissioner Annies Joy (in picture) has launched the ‘second assault’ on Raja Seat, the famous tourist spot at Madikeri, by deploying excavators. Annies,...
By P.T. Bopanna Dr S.V. Narasimhan (in picture), an avid bird-watcher and medical practitioner from Virajpet in Coorg, makes it a point to send me hand-painted wildlife message cards every year without fail. This year...
A CRY FROM THE HEART From: Air Marshal K.C. Cariappa (Retd), Madikeri, Kodagu To: The Honorable Prime Minister of India, New Delhi I write this plea on behalf of my fellow citizens of Kodagu (Coorg), a...
By P.T. Bopanna It will not be an exaggeration to say that elephants do not live anymore in the forests of Kodagu, but they are found only in the coffee estates. Hence, ideally any...
By P.T. Bopanna The Congress government in Karnataka headed by chief minister Siddaramaiah is engaged in a diabolical game plan to remove the ‘deemed forest’ tag from devarakadus (sacred groves) in Kodagu (Coorg) district...
By P.T. Bopanna Is the Karnataka government dancing to the tune of Kerala timber lobby yet again to dilute the Kasturirangan report? The report seeks to protect the fragile ecosystem in the Western Ghats,...
By P.T. Bopanna Close on the heels of cutting down 50,000 trees in Coorg to make way for the high-tension power transmission line to supply power to Kerala, a new project has been...
