HC seeks report on power units

BANGALORE: The High Court on Friday directed the Ministry of the Environment and Forests and Chief Conservator of Forests to submit a report on the status of the mini-hydro power projects that are being set up at Kenchanakumari reserve rain forest area of Western Ghats in Sakleshpur. Chief Justice Vikaramajit Sen and Justice B V Nagarathna, hearing a petition filed by one, Prashant Yavagal, directed the Ministry and the CCF to file a report within a week. The petitioner submitted that the projects were flouting the rules mentioned in the Wildlife Act.