Kasturirangan report could force Uttara Kannada residents to migrate to Goa

…said. If the Kasturirangan recommendations were implemented in their present form, towns such as Bhatkal, Sirsi, and Honnavar would be affected, and more than 85,000 families could face displacement, Mr. Vaidya said. “ We will have to move either to the 13 islands or to Goa ,” he said. A State Cabinet meeting held in Mangaluru last week proposed to develop tourism in 13 islands on the State’s coast. Urging the state government to oppose the recommendations before the National Green…

…from their farms with wildlife. Farmers were losing a significant portion of their coconut and jackfruit produce because of crop damage caused by wildlife, he said. BJP member S. Suresh Kumar suggested that the Chief Ministers of all six Western Ghats States meet and arrive at a unanimous position on implementing the recommendations. With the population of the region declining, several houses in the coastal and Malnad areas had effectively become old-age homes, he said, stressing the need to protect local livelihoods. Published - September 22, 2026…