MUMBAI: Forest officials started a drive to remove encroachments dotting the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP). Though the initial plan to clear the encroachments in Ketakipada were thwarted by massive local and political resistance, said forest officials, the drive was shifted to areas inside the forest.
Officials said that encroachments inside the park are also many and have occupied the forest land for over 10 years now. In the first phase, on June 3, the local police and forest officials removed 116 encroachments from within the forest area. After two days, 80 more encroachments were removed. On June 6, 116 illegal encroachments or structures were removed followed by 95 more the next day.
"We removed 407 encroachments from within the forest in the first phase," Sunil Limaye, chief forest conservator at SGNP. Officials said that the area reclaimed will be measured and planted with trees. SGNP is the only national park in the country located within the limits of the city. Its periphery is encroached on all sides leading to several incidents of man-animal conflicts.
"It is important to remove and prevent encroachments to preserve the national park. Even the area inside the forest has now been encroached upon," said a forest official.
Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang
Drive to clear encroachments from Sanjay Gandhi National Park
Dengan url
http://cegahkeropostulang.blogspot.com/2013/06/drive-to-clear-encroachments-from.html
Anda boleh menyebar luaskannya atau mengcopy paste-nya
Drive to clear encroachments from Sanjay Gandhi National Park
namun jangan lupa untuk meletakkan link
Drive to clear encroachments from Sanjay Gandhi National Park
sebagai sumbernya
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar