Revival of road in tiger reserve shocks activists in southern districts
The Hindu
They have moved National Tiger Conservation Authority to stop any improvement work on ‘illegal’ road in core habitat of the Srivilliputhur-Megamalai reserve
The administrative and financial sanction for improvement and maintenance of a forest road not in use for decades in the core zone of the Srivilliputhur-Megamalai Tiger Reserve has shocked activists in the southern districts. Some of them have petitioned the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) to stop any improvement work on this “illegal” and “non-existent” road in the core habitat of the newly formed reserve. Activists say the sanction was accorded during the previous AIADMK rule in February when ₹51.15 crore was allocated for upgrading existing forest roads as bituminous surface roads with cross drainage works. Of this, ₹1.2 crore had been sanctioned for the improvement of the road between Upper Manalar camp shed and Upper Manalar-Old Vellimalai in Theni district for a stretch of 2.2 km.
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