CHENNAI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has halted the highway expansion project between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu as the construction would potentially harm critical elephant corridor and seven lakes in and around Hosur in Krishnagiri district.
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has proposed to widen NH-844 from Neraluru in Bengaluru to Adhiyamankottai near Dharmapuri as an alternative to ‘congested’ NH-44, which connects Bengaluru and Dharmapuri.
However, the proposal drew flak from environmentalists. S Mathivanan, a resident of Hosur, has petitioned the green tribunal alleging the project violates environmental norms and eat into reserve forests of Sanamavu, an elephant corridor and Gummanuru, besides degrading water bodies.
