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10% of Amchang sanctuary land under human occupation [1]

By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 18: Very recently the Early Birds had submitted an application to the office of the Chief Conservator of Forest (Wild Life) under RTI Act, 2005 about the status of Amchang Wild Life Sanctuary at the outskirts of Guwahati and the reply thereof had revealed tantalizing facts.
The report stated that the State Public Information Officer for the department, A Rabha, Conservator of Forest (WL) had admitted that out of 7864.10 hectares of land, 770.0 hectares area are under human occupation, almost 10 per cent of the total land of the sanctuary.

Publication Date: 
19/08/2008
Sentinel (Guwahati) [2]
Tags:
Forest Encroachments [3], Forest Conservation [4], Sanctuaries [5], Right To Information (RTI) [6], Assam [7], Guwahati [8]

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