Dear All, Yes. the ecological importance of sahyadri in the life of peninsular india is seriously overlooked by us. this is the pain. santosh deodhar
On Sep 30, 6:04 pm, shobha chavda <[email protected]> wrote: > In marathi Newspaper “Loksatta” , the renowned author Mr.Abhijit Ghorapade > has > been writing a daily column on Kas Plateau since last two days- > “पुष्पपठारांना ग्रहण” meaning “ Eclipse to Flower-Plateau” It’s really > painful to know the effect of increased tourism and upcoming resorts > causing severe damage to the biodiversity of this most precious part of > Western Ghats. Since last 3-4 years, the tourist population is growing > geometrically > -( Thanks to the tons of articles and photos published in local > newspapers/magazines) causing destruction of rare species. It’s time to > stop this influx of tourists totally to save Kaas Plateau.By the way can > someone post the translated excerpts of his articles on efloraindia?

