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The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal took suo moto cognisance of a report in The Hindu {that a} highway was being laid inside the eco-sensitive zone of the sanctuary in Srivilliputtur, with out permission from the Forest Department
No one is entitled to encroach upon forest land for non-foresting actions with out getting needed permission from the Forest Department, particularly in a declared Wild Life Sanctuary, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) mentioned.
The Southern Bench of the NGT took suo moto cognisance of a report in The Hindu {that a} highway was being laid inside the eco-sensitive zone of the Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary in Srivilliputtur, with out permission from the Forest Department.
“Even if the alleged road is being constructed within the eco- sensitive zone or within the regulated zones, such activities will have to be controlled and regulated by the Forest Department for which permission will have to be obtained from them including the National Board of Wild Life,” the bench mentioned.
To verify the genuineness of the allegations made by the activists in the report, and the impression of the alleged highway building inside the Sanctuary, the NGT appointed a joint committee comprising a senior officer from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, a senior officer not under the rank of Chief Conservator of Forests, the Wild Life Warden of the Sanctuary, and District Collector, Virudhunagar, to examine the realm and submit a factual in addition to action-taken report, if any violation is discovered.
The Committee has been directed to submit its report back to the Tribunal on or earlier than November 5.
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