<p>A decision to this effect was taken in a meeting of members of Western Ghats Task Force with Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Thursday.<br /><br />Task Force Chairman Ananth Hegde Ashisar said imposing a ban on all sorts of mining activities in the Western Ghats was necessary to safeguard the flora and fauna of the region. The legal aspects of enacting a legislation to ban mining in the region is being looked into, he said.<br /><br />Other issues discussed at the meeting include setting up of a research centre for the Western Ghats and a conservation fund for the protection of forests in the region. <br /><br />Setting up a green wall in the plains of the State with the involvement of 1,000 grama samithis and starting a campaign to conserve river sources in the Western Ghats was also discussed at the meeting.</p>
<p>A decision to this effect was taken in a meeting of members of Western Ghats Task Force with Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Thursday.<br /><br />Task Force Chairman Ananth Hegde Ashisar said imposing a ban on all sorts of mining activities in the Western Ghats was necessary to safeguard the flora and fauna of the region. The legal aspects of enacting a legislation to ban mining in the region is being looked into, he said.<br /><br />Other issues discussed at the meeting include setting up of a research centre for the Western Ghats and a conservation fund for the protection of forests in the region. <br /><br />Setting up a green wall in the plains of the State with the involvement of 1,000 grama samithis and starting a campaign to conserve river sources in the Western Ghats was also discussed at the meeting.</p>
