Protestors Standing with the banners

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#SaveMollem Hashtag Floods Social Media; Protest To Save Trees Gets Stronger

A little-known village in Goa, named Mollem, garnered sudden attention after '#SaveMollem' started trending on social media. Around 5,000 people have come to streets to protest against the three Central government-approved infrastructure projects in the state - a powerline, highways and doubling of Railway lines. According to the protestors, the projects will certainly cause deforestation as at least 59,000 trees have to be cut in… read-more

Sat, 07 Nov 2020 - 07:17 PM / by Mahadevan K V

Tags: SaveMollem, Mollem, Union Enviroinment Ministry, Nilesh Cabral, Goa, Bio Diversity, environment, Adani Groups

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