New Delhi, Feb. 12 -- Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday backed calls for scrapping the proposed Aravalli Zoo Safari project in south Haryana, saying the purpose of any intervention there should be conservation and restoration, not destruction or monetisation.

Ramesh shared on social media a letter written by a group of retired Indian Forest Services officers to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to put an end to the "destructive" Aravalli Zoo Safari project proposed in the Delhi-bordering state.

"Thirty seven retired Indian Forest Services officers from across the country have written a letter to the Prime Minister urging him to put an end to the destructive Aravalli Zoo Safari project proposed in south Haryana," the former U...