Walls come down to make way for elephants
3 April 24
In
a landmark moment for environmental activism in India, on March 17,
Numaligarh Refinery Ltd. (NRL) began demolishing its 2.2-kilometre
boundary wall in its township that had been restricting the movement of
wild animals in Deopahar’s reserve forest in Golaghat district, Assam.
NRL is a public sector oil company, and a joint venture with Bharat
Petroleum, Oil India Ltd (OIL) and the Government of Assam as the
parties. The demolition of the wall reportedly started after the
Gauhati High Court upheld the original decision of the National Green
Tribunal (NGT). The NGT in August 2016 had ordered the demolition of
the wall, in response to the applications filed by conservationist and
RTI activist Rohit Choudhury.
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