18 July 2019


From water disputes to adopting road building technologies and development policy towards the minorities, the Question Hour in the Lok Sabha on Thursday had several interesting highlights.

Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said “a poor country” must decide how far it can go in spending public money to protect environment and balance out development needs. His reply came in response to a question from Congress MP K. Suresh who asked if the Minister would consider building underpasses on the National Highway between Mysuru and Wayanad to protect tigers in the Bandipur wildlife sanctuary on the lines of the Pench Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh.

“We are spending Rupee 1300 crore to build 9 kilometres there [in Pench]…This is public money. It is up to you to decide whether it is correct or not,” said Mr. Gadkari. 

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