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Green tribunal asks Numaligarh refinery to free up Kaziranga elephant corridor

Green tribunal asks Numaligarh refinery to free up Kaziranga elephant corridor

India Blooms News Service | | 25 Aug 2016, 05:02 pm
New Delhi/Guwahati, Aug 25 (IBNS): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the Numaligarh Refinery Limited to demolish a wall it had constructed near the Kaziranga National Park in Assam and which was blocking an elephant corridor, the media reported on Thursday.

The tribunal also ordered the public sector company to pay a fine of Rs 25 lakhs for destroying forests and levelling a hill to build the refinery.

The company has to pull down the wall within a month said NGT.

The 2.2 km long wall was erected along a golf course built by the refinery, media reported.

Coming down heavily on the refinery (a joint venture between Bharat Petroleum, Oil India and Assam government), the green court also declared as illegal the proposed township that was to be constructed by the refinery in the area as it comes within the no-development zone around the Kaziranga National Park, NDTV reported.

Rohit Choudhury, environment activist and Assam resident, had petitioned the tribunal about the environmental violations.

The animals in and around Kaziranga National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, recently had a harrowing experience during the Assam floods.

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal visited the national park on Thursday and took stock of the nine baby rhinos rescued during the floods and kept in a rehabilitation centre in the park.


Image: Assam CM feeding baby rhinos/AIRNews Twitter

 

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