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'''Ambaragudda''' is a hill, covering {{convert|250|ha}} located in [[Western Ghats]] village named "Marati" near [[Kodachadri]] in [[Sagara, Karnataka | Sagara taluk]], in the Indian state of [[Karnataka]]. It is covered with rainforests. Mining operations have drawn protests.<ref name=times>{{cite news | last =TNN | title =Plea to stop mining in Western Ghats | date =18 October 2009 | url =http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-10-18/mysore/28081183_1_mining-activities-task-force-villagers | archive-url =https://archive.today/20130103134822/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-10-18/mysore/28081183_1_mining-activities-task-force-villagers | url-status =dead | archive-date =3 January 2013 | newspaper =[[The Times of India]] |access-date=5 October 2012}}</ref> The Karnataka government declared it as a natural heritage site of Western Ghat region in 2009.<ref name=hindu1>{{cite news | title =Natural heritage site tag for Ambaragudda, Ammanaghatta | date =16 February 2009 | url =http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/16/stories/2009021655680300.htm | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090221085733/http://hindu.com/2009/02/16/stories/2009021655680300.htm | url-status =dead | archive-date =21 February 2009 | newspaper =[[The Hindu]] |access-date=5 October 2012}}</ref><ref name=site>{{cite news | last =Kaggere | first =Niranjan | title =Kodachadri now a Heritage site | newspaper =Times of India- mobile e paper | year =2012 | url =http://mobilepaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=10&sectid=edid=&edlabel=BGMIR&mydateHid=30-07-2010&pubname=Mirror+-+Bangalore&edname=&articleid=Ar01000&publabel=MM | access-date =5 October 2012 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20131227210307/http://mobilepaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=10&sectid=edid=&edlabel=BGMIR&mydateHid=30-07-2010&pubname=Mirror+-+Bangalore&edname=&articleid=Ar01000&publabel=MM | archive-date =2013-12-27 | url-status =dead }}</ref>

Ambaragudda is a part of [[Sharavathi]] valley and is located near [[Linganamakki]] hydroelectric dam and the hill and [[Ammanaghatta]] hill range give birth to five tributaries of Sharavathi river.<ref name=hindu1/>

==Mining==
Mining is opposed by local people, including environmentalists such as [[Raghaveshwara Bharathi]], in view of massive damage to surrounding hills.<ref name=hindu2>{{cite web|last=Special|first= Correspondent|title=Andolan seeks restoration of ban on mining at Ambargudda |url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/08/17/stories/2005081702670300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070423194135/http://www.hindu.com/2005/08/17/stories/2005081702670300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 April 2007|location=Bangalore|date=17 August 2005|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=5 October 2012}}</ref> Local people stopped mining activity during 2005.<ref name=hindu2/> It was alleged that the mining company furnished false information to the court, stating that the hill is barren, even though it is covered with forests.<ref name=hindu2/> Certain mining companies undertook [[illegal mining]] in 2004.<ref name=deccan>{{cite news | last =Basavaraj Sampalli | first =P.N.Narasimhamurthy | title =Dynamites & JCBs greet you at this bio-diversity hotspot | newspaper =Deccan Herald (Spectrum) | url =http://archive.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/july062004/spt2.asp | date =6 July 2004 | access-date =5 October 2012 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160305023244/http://archive.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/july062004/spt2.asp | archive-date =5 March 2016 | url-status =dead | df =dmy-all }}</ref> Local people formed a front named "Kodachadri Sanjeevini" to protest all mining activities in and around Ambaragudda and Kodachadri hill range.<ref name=hindu2/>

==See also==
*[[Kodachadri]]
*[[Raghaveshwara Bharathi]]

==References==
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[[Category:Hills of Karnataka]]
[[Category:Mountains of the Western Ghats]]
[[Category:Geography of Shimoga district]]
[[Category:Biodiversity Heritage Sites of India]]

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