New delhi/bhopal, Feb. 10 -- The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has warned that the construction of the Morand-Ganjal Irrigation Project in Madhya Pradesh will submerge forested areas used by tigers to move between reserves, and strongly recommended exploring alternative sites, government records show.
The environment ministry's Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) discussed a proposal to divert 2,250.05 hectares of forest land for the project at a meeting on January 27. The project involves building two dams on the Morand and Ganjal rivers to improve irrigation in Hoshangabad, Betul, Harda, and Khandwa districts of the state.
According to the minutes of the meeting, the NTCA has warned that the project will destroy a crucial tig...