The National Green Tribunal has sought a report from the Ministry of Environment and Forest on industrial units functioning in the vicinity of the Kaziranga National Park in Assam.

Asking the ministry to conduct a survey in the park’s vicinity, the Tribunal also expressed its displeasure on the ministry’s failure to a respond to the plea which alleged unregulated quarrying and mining activities in the ‘No Development Zone’ around the park and Tiger Reserve and Karbi-Anglong Elephant Reserve in Assam.