Mysuru: Highlighting the perils that the proposed elevated corridor to connect Karnataka and Kerala – one that would practically scythe through the Bandipur Tiger Reserve – would pose to the ecologically sensitive area, and wildlife, environmentalists, wildlife activists, and the lay public staged a protest in front of the deputy commissioner’s office on Thursday.The protesters, who united under the banner of Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP), belonged to various other organisations such as Save Wildlife Organisation, Ahimsa Vedike, Parisara Samrakshana Samithi and Prakruthi Savayava Krishikaru, also demanded that the state government desist from lifting the nighttime ban on traffic across the tiger reserve. Pointing to a marked reduction in the number of roadkills reported in the reserve since the ban imposed on vehicular movement at night in 2009, the protesters said, “Permitting traffic movement round the clock will disturb the wild animals, and pollute the region. Karnataka government must not yield to pressure from Kerala and reject proposals that jeopardise the safety of wildlife in forests.”The activists also raised slogans to voice their opposition to the project to connect the two states via an elevated corridor. The protesters subsequently submitted a memorandum outlining their demands to Mysuru DC Abhiram G Sankar.

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