Porvorim: Head of the Pramod Minister Sawant in a written reply to the question by opposition leader drawn Kamat said that at all 37,979 trees would be accessed for the construction of three linear projects sponsored centers in Mollem National Park and Mahavir Bhagwan Wildlife Reserve.
While 20,758 trees have been calculated and the possibility of being cut down for a doubling project tracks of the southwestern railway track, 12,097 has been marked because of logging for four Panaji-Bellagavavi National Highway lanings.
Sawant said that 5,124 trees had been calculated for the Tanmar power transmission project, where only 1,000 in the wildlife area would be cut “according to the written guarantee provided by the user body.” Sawant said in the answer that the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has provided approval of Phase I (In-Principle) based on the Forest Law (Conservation), 1980 for the transfer of Mollem National Park forest land and Bhagwan Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary for the SWR tracking project , However, there was no approval given under the Forest Law (Conservation), 1980 to put a 400 kV transmission line and for four national highway lanings in Mollem National Park and Bhagwan Mahavir Wildlife Reserve, Racing.