Jairam Ramesh Opposes Proposal For Cricket Stadium In Kerala

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First published in Sanctuary Asia, Vol. 31 No. 2, February 2011

 

"All parties in Kerala stand united on the issue. But we should ask ourselves a question before demanding a stadium in such a mangrove-rich region. What is more important for us— cricket or mangroves?" Jairam asked while delivering the presidential address in the Fourth Southern Forest Ministers conference 2011 in Thiruvananthapuram.

 

Kerala Cricket Association had take up the stadium project in the wake of Kochi becoming a part of IPL. However, state based environmental activites have come out against the stadium holding that it would pose threat to mangroves. Read the full report here.

 

Source: DNA, Thiruvananthapuram.

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