18 Aug 2021

The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday asked the Odisha government to notify 14 elephant corridors in the state within next two months, realising a long-standing demand of elephant conservationists.

In an order passed by the Eastern Zonal bench of NGT, judicial member B Amit Sthalekar and expert member Saibal Dasgupta asked for notification of the 14 corridors identified by Asian Nature Conservation Foundation, a non-profit trust involved in conservation of Asian elephants in 13 of the 30 districts within two months.

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