INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
BHARATPUR, SEPTEMBER 3A Detailed Project Report and Environmental Impact Assessment
will be carried out for the construction of a blacktopped road running through Chitwan National Park.
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A team
from the Ministry of Forestry, Postal Road Project, the Park and People's Representatives conducted an onsite inspection and started the
process towards this end.Trapping cameras will be installed from Dhurvaghat in Bharatpur to Riu in Madi to determine the area of mobility of
wild animals.
Director of Postal Highway Project, Shubraj Neupane, said that the area for construction of 'underpass' and
'flyover' will be decided on the basis of the DPR.Director Neupane said that after the park provided records of wildlife movement through
camera trapping, the design work would proceed.The construction work will proceed only after completion of survey, design and EIA work
It will take six months to one year for completion of DPR and the EIA will be done after completion of DPR
The Ministry of Forests and Environment has given consent to the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport to prepare an EIA report
to bring the road into operation.Forest and Environment Ministry Secretary Rewathiraman Paudel, Bagmati Province Assembly Member Thakur
Dhakal, Bharatpur Mayor Renu Dahal, Chitwan National Park Chief Conservation Officer Dil Bahadur Pun, Madi Municipality Deputy Mayor Khem
Prasad Mahato, Postal Road Project Chief Dhruv Jha, among others, participated in the inspection.A version of this article appears in the
print on September 04, 2023, of The Himalayan Times.
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