Wayanad Prakrithi Samrakshana Samiti also alleges that tunnel project was approved during the term of Left Democratic Front-led government with “suspicious haste and without adequate scientific evaluation”, overriding early warnings raised by environmentalists
Expert says clearance for the Wayanad tunnel road project was given without conducting detailed geological and hydrological studies and stricter infrastructural guidelines and ecological safety measures should be enforced in fragile areas of the Western Ghats, considering the changing climate-rainfall regimes and the increased vulnerability to landslides