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Waste bins installed at entry gates of Nagarahole Tiger Reserve
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Waste bins installed at entry gates of Nagarahole Tiger Reserve

June 16, 2023

Mysore/Mysuru: Coorg Wildlife Society (CWS) has taken a significant initiative by installing mesh waste bins at all four entrances of the Nagarahole Tiger Reserve — H.D. Kote Gate (Kallatti Gate or Metikuppe Gate), Veeranahosahalli Gate, Karmad Gate and Nanachi Gate.   This proactive step aims to ensure a plastic-free environment and eliminate the usage of single-use…

Two truckloads of plastic trash cleaned from Anechowkur Gate
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Two truckloads of plastic trash cleaned from Anechowkur Gate

June 6, 2022

Mysore/Mysuru: While many institutions, residents associations, NGOs and government bodies were busy planting saplings and watering them inside their premises in Mysuru yesterday as part of World Environment Day, a group of youths ventured into the Nagarahole Tiger Reserve near Anechowkur Gate to pick up trash by the side of the roads that had been…

Plea to drop Hassan-Kerala Highway via Kodagu
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Plea to drop Hassan-Kerala Highway via Kodagu

March 17, 2022

Madikeri: In an appeal to the people to resist highways and rail lines passing through Kodagu that will ultimately result in drying up of River Cauvery, former President of Coorg Wildlife Society Col. (Retd.) C.P. Muthanna said that people must support environmentalists who are fighting for the cause of Kodagu district and for the larger…

‘End man-animal strife in Kodagu through policies’
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‘End man-animal strife in Kodagu through policies’

March 13, 2021

Former President of Coorg Wildlife Society writes to CM and suggests sustainable ways and means Mysore/Mysuru: In the wake of increasing man-animal conflict and tiger attacks in Kodagu where at least three human lives have been lost within a span of 15 to 20 days, former President of Coorg Wildlife Society Col. (Retd.) Cheppudira P….

Coorg Wildlife Society Hon. Treasurer resigns
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Coorg Wildlife Society Hon. Treasurer resigns

March 4, 2020

Madikeri: Coorg Wildlife Society (CWS) Hon. Treasurer C.S. Poovaiah, has tendered his resignation from the post over violations of the Society bylaws by certain individuals in CWS. In his letter to the President of CWS dated Feb. 18, 2020, Poovaiah has stated, “It is with anguish and a heavy heart I am writing this letter…

‘Kushalnagar-Madikeri Railway line will kill River Cauvery’
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‘Kushalnagar-Madikeri Railway line will kill River Cauvery’

July 18, 2019

Madikeri: Coorg Wildlife Society President K.C. Biddappa has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Minister for Railways Piyush Goyal, and Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi and Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar urging them to shelve the proposed Railway project from Kushalnagar to Madikeri through the ecologically fragile hilly…

Restrict Kushalnagar-Sampaje to a two-lane Highway
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Restrict Kushalnagar-Sampaje to a two-lane Highway

July 6, 2019

Coorg Wildlife Society President writes to MP Pratap Simha not to widen NH-275 into four-lane in Kodagu Mysuru: The project to widen a section of NH-275 connecting Bengaluru, the commercial capital of Karnataka and Mysuru, the cultural capital, linking it with Mangaluru, Kodagu and parts of Kerala, has received criticism as critics feel that the…

‘Highway expansion will lead to ecological disaster’
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‘Highway expansion will lead to ecological disaster’

July 6, 2019

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…

Continue ban on land conversion in Kodagu: CWS
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Continue ban on land conversion in Kodagu: CWS

February 20, 2019

Mysuru: The Coorg Wildlife Society (CWS) has requested the State Government to continue the existing policy of total ban on conversion of agricultural land, plantation land and paddy land into commercial and residential layouts in Kodagu. In a letter to Chief Secretary T.M. Vijay Bhaskar, President of CWS K.C. Biddappa has said that one of…

No proposal for Railway line through Kodagu: Centre to High Court
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No proposal for Railway line through Kodagu: Centre to High Court

February 15, 2019

Bengaluru: The Centre yesterday told the Karnataka High Court that there is no proposal to build a Railway network from Thalassery to Mysuru via Kodagu. A two-Judge Bench headed by acting Chief Justice L. Narayanaswamy and Justice Dinesh Kumar was hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filled by Coorg Wild Life Society challenging the Railway…

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