Environmental activists in Mizoram have slammed the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation (NHIDCL) for not following environmental laws while undertaking road projects in the State.
A pro-conservation organisation by the name of Save Mizoram Rivers said the NHIDCL has been expanding the existing single-lane roads in the State to double-lane. But unlike in other States, the corporation has been turning a blind eye to environmental laws and pushing excavated soil downhill wherever the workers engaged find convenient, it said.
“Such activities destroy trees and bamboo groves, affect the biodiversity and dry up the perennial rivers. The impact of road construction under NHIDCL and the improper disposal of excavated soil on Mizoram’s environment is difficult to comprehend at this point,” Vanneihthanga Vanchhawng, the organisation’s founder-member, said in a statement.
