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Hesaraghatta reserve: Karnataka HC asks board to decide afresh

BENGALURU: The high court on Friday quashed the January 19, 2021 decision of the Karnataka State Board for Wildlife to drop the proposal to declare Bengaluru’s last-standing grassland ecosystem at Hesaraghatta as a conservation reserve.

The court said the board had passed its order in a “cryptic and cavalier manner without adverting to relevant criteria as prescribed in section 36A of the Wildlife (Protection) Act”.

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