Seer to fast against government decision on UPCL

BANGALORE: Visveshwa Tirtha Swami, head of Pejawar Mutt, will go on a three-day fast starting today to protest against the government’s action of dropping two subject experts from the committee of experts appointed by the government to study environmental pollution and other ill-effects of the Udupi Power Corporation Ltd (UPCL).“On my suggestion, two environmentalists, Y B Ramakrishna and T V Ramachandra had been appointed as members of the team to studying environmental pollution and other problems created by UPCL thermal power plant at Nandikoor near Padubidri.Without any advance intimation, without issuing any show cause notice and without even consulting me, these two have been dropped from the committee. Why listen to me when you want to do as you feel like?” he questioned.