Guwahati: The villagers around the cold of BEEL Wildlife Sanctuary have written 500 letters to the Ministry of Environment, Changing forests and Climate (Moefcc), looking for rearrangement from a vast railway, past the north side of wetlands, to the south, according to national orders Green Tribunal (NGT).
Local residents also objected to the train proposal doubling the track on the south side, which was far closer to the great elephant habitat, reserve forest Rani Garbhanga, rather than existing.
“We have demanded to shift the train tracks that exist to the north side as shown in NGT orders, dated 11 February 2020, fully left five elephant corridors and saved the Ecology of Beel Deus.
We have asked the ministry to take all the steps needed to save deustor BEEL under the Ramsar Convention on wetlands.
We are looking for excursions and other sustainable recreation activities for economic and ecological conservation of wetlands, “Alifa Zibrani said, a city-based Green Group member, a middle trip.
“We are worried that the rearrangement of the train tracks that exist will affect local housing areas where nature, wild animals and adjacent humans.
Duplication of the trajectory will change the dynamics of human existence to conflict,” Alifa said.
Local adins inhabit in the village of Mikikjipo-Chakardo’s income close to wetlands, about 10 km southwest of Guwahati, also objected to the construction of the tunnel proposed in the Forest Rani Garbhanga Reserve Forest (for Railway Gate No.
273 and No.
274) , on behalf of preventive measures.
“We are worried and afraid that two train tunnels have been proposed at Rani Reserve Forest, which is a elephant corridor that is notified.
This has been done without getting public hearing and violating the command of the Supreme Court, which is an illogical action,” the letter was read.
Green Acticist Pramod Kalita has found a defect in the Draft notification of ECO sensitive zone (ESZ) from Bell Deus which was notified by MOFCC on August 25.