Panduranga Hegde

Birth and early life

Appiko movement

Later activities

• Involved in creating people awareness against the dangers of radiation near Kaiga nuclear plant established in Karnataka.
• Filed a case in Supreme Court of India against felling of trees in Western Ghats for construction of railway line.
• He has been opposing high rise dams constructed for hydroelectrical production, in view of environmental damage.
• Panduranga Hegde is recording the biodiversity of Western Ghats for past several years.
• He is actively involved in Save Western Ghats campaign.
• The traditional knowledge of tribes like Siddis are studied and propagated by Panduranga Hegde for conservation of environment.
• He was instrumental in releasing Western Ghats Manifesto before 15th Loksabha election, so as to commit the candidates competing for election towards holistic policies to conserve the Western Ghats.
• He also joined hands with Bangalore-based Kenneth Anderson Nature Society to protest against Gundia Hydel Power Project and alleged that the project is illegal as it destroys more than 700 hectares of thick forests. Nature is our mother. The more we will harm, the more we face some great severe consequences. So better you humans stop industrialization and urbanization and promote afforestation.