The recent devastating landslides in Kerala’s ecologically fragile Wayanad region have left more than 380 people dead and many more missing. Union Environment Minister Bupendra Yadav on Monday said the Kerala government allowed “illegal mining and uncontrolled construction and human habitation” in the state’s ecologically sensitive region. Neglecting Crucial Environmental Factors The Union Environment Minister criticised the Kerala government for neglecting crucial environmental factors such as soil topography, rock conditions, geomorphology, slopes and vegetation structure while allowing human habitation. Yadav said that apart from giving in-principle approval to a road project involving the construction of twin tunnels near Meppadi, where…
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