The standing committee of the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) has directed the Union environment ministry to organise a workshop under the chairmanship of the additional director general (wildlife) to discuss the Hubballi-Ankola railway line project proposal in detail. It has asked officials of the ministry of railways, National Highways Authority of India, Gati Shakti, Karnataka government, and experts from the Indian Institute of Technology, Dharwad; Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru and Central Public Works Department (CPWD) to be included in the workshop.
The committee also suggested that railways, which is the user agency, should make changes in the proposal to minimise the project’s impact on the environment. “There is a need for an integrated plan for this important tiger corridor area.
