Wildlife Expert Panel Red-Flags Western Ghat Rail Project Despite Aggressive Push by Karnataka Ayaskant Das | 11 Feb 2023
The Standing Committee of NBWL has rejected the Hubbali-Ankola rail project through Western Ghats in its present form but has also queried if it can be developed as a double-lined corridor. My latest report for Newsclick https://www.newsclick.in/wildlife-expert-panel-red-flags-western-ghat-rail-project-despite-aggressive-push-karnataka...
In a meeting – the minutes of which were published on January 27 – NBWL members stated that the Railways has taken only its own concerns into consideration in the design of the environment mitigation plan of the project.. activists have raised concerns over the fact that during the aforementioned meeting, deliberations were held amongst NBWL members to consider if at all the project could be developed as a double-lined corridor. “ … the mitigation measures proposed in the project are not sufficient which have been proposed based on railway’s convenience and not by considering the wildlife movement. Therefore, the project proposal is not acceptable in the present form and the proposal requires a lot of modifications,” states the minutes of the Standing Committee’s meeting.