Dehradun: Installed expansion coated with dirt and debris from the All-Heather All-Heather road project, Uttarakhand plans to build hotels and tourist facilities for “utilizing” land.
Environmental lovers are worried and have marked it as a measure that can have the consequences of land – land can replace every time and because most of these sites are in the forest and river basis, they will be in direct impact lines if landslides or floods.
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There are around 350 sewage sites along the 900 km project.
On Saturday, the Minister of Tourism Salpal Maharaj asked for officials to come up with an action plan to develop 54 of these sites as “tourism spaces”.
Of the 54 dumping zones considered for this, a source to TOI, 30 was between Tanakpur and Pithoragarh, 10 between Dharasu and Yamunotri, six between Rishikesh and where, five between Rudraprayag and Gaurikund, three between Rishikesh and Dharasu, and one from Dharasu, And one of Dharasu, and one from Dharasu, and one from Dharasu, and one from Dharasu, and one from Dharasu to Gangotri.
“This step is also intended to produce work,” said an official to TI.
Many of these sites are also in uncological sensitive forest areas or near river beds.
“Their constretation will damage the forest and change the course of the river.
If floods or landslides, these areas will be affected directly,” said the Reenu Paul environment.