The Supreme Court’s order in 2019 banning new construction on nine critical animal corridors of the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve continues to be flouted.
On January 30, the range forest officer of Kaziranga’s Western Range at Bagori wrote to his counterpart in the Salna Range, Nagaon, seeking necessary measures against the clearing of jungles and excavation with heavy machinery on the Kanchanjuri animal corridor.
