Peace & Space For Jumbos - Report On Highway Development And Elephant Path
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First published in Sanctuary Asia,
Vol. 31
No. 3,
March 2011
A report, Ensuring Safe Access to Wildlife in Lumding Reserve Forest, brought out by WWF India was released today. It says that balancing the need for rapid infrastructure development like the NH-54E — which goes via Lumding reserve forest — with the need to keep the wilderness areas from being impacted is a typical example of the type of situation where it is important to find a solution that will set a precedent.
The bisection of the entire reach of the Lumding reserve forest, an important elephant habitat, by the existing road has not severely affected the movement of elephants.
However it could do so once the road gets upgraded and traffic intensity and speed increases, the report adds. Read the full report here.
Source: Roopak Goswami, The Telegraph, Guwahati.
