National Wildlife Board to assess impact of Hubballi-Ankola railway line

BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday directed the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) to make an independent assessment of the impact of the proposed Hubballi-Ankola Railway Line on the wildlife and submit a report.

A division bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum passed the order after hearing a batch of public interest litigations against the project. In the order, the court noted that the railway line has to be constructed in the forest area.