February 23, 2020
In July, Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari had said in Parliament how difficult it would be for a poor country like India to spend so much of resources on structures for wildlife. He, however, clarified that he was in favour of tiger conservation. Last year, the Centre asked road building agencies to avoid expansion work along protected areas such as national parks and wildlife sanctuaries. In exceptional cases, the design should factor in structures such as underpasses, fencing, monkey ladders and noise barriers. In Assam?s Lumding, for example, two elephant passes have been weaved into the design of a road project on NH 54. In highway constructions on the Haridwar-Dehradun sections, provisions have been made for three elephant underpasses, each six meters tall. “
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