This time, the Yeddyurappa government has granted 10.5 acres of reserve forest land near Sullia Mangalore to Udupi MP Sadanand Gowda's trust violating forest laws.
The reserve forest land, which was earlier denied to a state power corporation, a community graveyard, and to the local panchayat, was immediately granted by the state forest department on the insistence of Yeddyurappa to Sadanand Gowda's KS Gowda Education trust.
The reserve forest land in question bears survey number 171-P7 near Sullia Taluka, Mangalore.
It has been known in Karnataka's political circles that Sadanand Gowda was considered a Yeddyurappa loyalist. When the Yeddyurappa government was rocked several times in the past, Sadanand Gowda, as party president, stood with the chief minister. And it looks like Yeddyurappa rewarded him for this. Read the full report here.
Source: Imran Khan, Tehelka, Bengaluru.
