Ignoring project reports and bypassing its own environmental laws, India’s government is set to clear 12 infrastructure projects and cut 270,000 trees in the Western Ghats, already fragmented into 20,000 patches by rail, road and power projects. They are an important water source for the country and one of the world’s eight ‘hottest hotspots’ of biological diversity.
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