Jalpaiguri, May 5: The state forest department will not allow any new resort or hotel, private or government, to come up within a 10km radius of any wildlife sanctuary or national park once the surrounding areas are notified as eco-sensitive or fragile zones.
Vipan Sood, the conservator of forests (wildlife), north Bengal, said a letter to this effect had come from the ministry of environment a
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/forest-rules-resorts-limit-wild-tourism
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/telegraph-kolkata
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jalpaiguri-d
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/west-bengal
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife-tourism
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mahananda-sa
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gorumara-np
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jaldapara-sa