India, April 26 -- The civil secretariat and the state legislative assembly - the power centres of Arunachal Pradesh - were allegedly constructed without obtaining mandatory environmental clearances, despite being located within the legally notified boundaries of the Itanagar Wildlife Sanctuary (IWS), according to official records accessed through the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

The revelation emerged in response to an RTI filed by environmental activist and advocate S Loda, which sought details from 1978 to the present regarding the legal status, biodiversity, construction activities, and ecological impacts within IWS.

The reply from the office of the Deputy Chief Wildlife Warden, Naharlagun, confirmed that neither the state secret...