India, Nov. 21 -- The Assam Pollution Control Board (APCB) has asked the Bokakhat Municipal Board to relocate its waste dumping site and Faecal Sludge Treatment Plant (FSTP) at Latabari, citing serious environmental threats to the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve.

In a letter addressed to the Chairman of the Bokakhat Municipal Board, the APCB referred to a petition submitted by environmental activist Rohit Choudhury to the Supreme Court-mandated Central Empowered Committee (CEC).

The APCB order came days after the CEC asked the Assam government to submit its response within four weeks on the setting up of a controversial waste management facility near Kaziranga National Park.

Choudhury's petition warns that the Material Recove...