New Delhi, Oct. 9 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought an undertaking from Jharkhand government to notify the Saranda wildlife sanctuary within a week and clarified that the said declaration will not impact the mining activity in the designated area measuring over 31,000 hectares. The court passed the order while dealing with an application by Daya Shankar Srivastava in the TN Godavarman matter where it was pointed out that on July 12, 2022, National Green Tribunal issued an order directing the state to notify the sanctuary. As per the NGT order, the total forest area of Saranda sanctuary extended to 31,468 hectares. While implementing the NGT order, the court had on April 29 asked the state to complete all formalities for issuing the final notification within two months. However, the state dragged its feet, forcing the court to summon the chief secretary who was present in court on Wednesday....