New Delhi: A key clearance has been given to a bauxite and marl mining project in Gujarat's Devbhumi Dwarka district, nearly 1.6 and six kilometres from India's first marine wildlife sanctuary and first marine national park, respectively, on the Gulf of Kachchh's southern shore.
While the marine wildlife sanctuary (spread over 458 square kilometre) was established in 1980, the marine national park (spanning 168 square kilometre) was created two years later to protect and conserve marine flora and fauna.
