Representation to UNESCO on Yettinahole

Team Mangalore member and environmentalist Dinesh Holla who will represent India at the kite festival at Dieppe in France, will give a representation to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), against the Yettinahole project. 

Speaking to mediapersons recently, he said Yettinahole issue will be brought to the notice of all the 48 participating nations at the kite festival. 

Signature campaignA signature campaign to save the Western Ghats will be requested at the festival. With the signed petition, a letter will be submitted to the Unesco through Dieppe Mayor for the conservation of the pristine biodiversity of the Western Ghats. The Unesco will be urged to take up the matter with the Government of India in the interest of the ecology of the planet and prevail upon  Karnataka state to take a relook into the project, he said.