New Delhi, April 11 -- Congress president Sonia Gandhi has written to Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar, asking him not to implement the Ken-Betwa river linkage project on the Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR) in Madhya Pradesh.

In her letter dated April 2, Ms Gandhi said, over the past decade Panna has been revived with great difficulty with efforts of the National Tiger Conservation Authority.

The Reserve is considered as an outstanding example of translocation and successful breeding, the letter read.

Around 18 lakh trees--a most valuable carbon sink-- will be removed from the submergence area, the letter added.

Further in the letter, she requested the Union Minister of Environment and Forests and Climate Change to ensure that t...