BANGALORE: Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda has urged the Union environment ministry to clear a pending proposal regarding diversion of deemed forest land in Tumkur district for setting up a university there.In a letter to Environment and Forest Minister Jayanthi Natarajan, Gowda said that Tumkur was declared as one of the most backward districts as per the report of D M Nanjundappa Committee based on the regional imbalances in the state.The state has decided to set up a full-fledged campus in Tumkur and identified 98.02 hectare of deemed forest land since no other land in a single plot is available in Tumkur, he said. A clearance was sought from the Ministry of Environment and Forest to spare it to take up the project, he added.“All the details sought by your ministry have already been furnished. In view of the urgency of the issue, I request you to kindly help in arranging to release 98.02 hectare of deemed forest land in Tumkur at the earliest,” he said.
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