Despite ban, construction of canal on at Ranthambhore
Times of India, May 15, 2011
JAIPUR:
Despite an order from the Central Empowered Committee earlier in the
year banning all construction work at the Ranthambore tiger reserve, a
huge canal is being dug threatening to affect its ecological balance.
As
environmentalists raised questions over the construction, the state
government sprang into action on Saturday. The forest officials said
the project has been temporarily stayed with an intervention from chief
secretary S Ahmed.
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