Ahmedabad: The State Forest Department sees the option to regulate the railroad lines that are elevated by gear wildlife asylum which is home to the last of the last asiatic lion population.
The proposal came after the Indian train handed in the Gujarat High Court recently he had a suspended plan to increase the train tracks in the sanctuary.
The proposed project is in the line of thermal reserves running between Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra where the stretch of elevated helps protect animals around the national highway 44, a senior forest department official said.
Last calculated, Gujarat had 674 lions in 2020.
The project to increase the railroad line 14 km from Sasan to Kachiya cut through the heart of the gear protection at a newborn stage.
The State Forest Department has held initial level talks with Indian trains, the official said.
At present, the train has been asked to address the financial aspects of the project.
This will be taken at the Government level Gujarat for further discussion before making the last call, the official added.
“If you build an elevated track in Gir Sanctuary it is proven effective in cost, we can also consider increasing all train lines that exist through the suburban zone and environmental sensitive of the lion’s habitat that requires upgrades,” said other senior forest officials.
On the 19th Gujarat State Council for the Wild Life meeting held on September 29, 2020, a proposal submitted by Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd to increase the current meter gauge line to a large gauge with electrification.
The Sanctuary Gear has been declared an environmental sensitive zone, and there is a limit on the construction activities within a radius of 10 kilometers from the Holy.
The train authority and the state government archived a written statement in response to the request of the Gujarat High Court about the report submitted by Amicus Curiae Hemang Shah, taking an exception with an increase in the track and putting oil and gas pipes through the sensitive zone and eco-sensitive zone.
Lawyers presented their reports and demanded the cancellation of development projects in the protected area in the pill process, which the High Court had submitted a Suo Motu for Asiatic lion conservation.
The state government has been submitted before a court that has returned the train proposal to the Deputy Forest Conservator and has not forwarded it to the National Council for the Wild Life (NBWL) for final approval.
Gujarat plans to raise the train line in the gear
