The ministry of environment and forests has given the go ahead for the diversion of 196.75 hectares of forest land for the construction of a road from National Highway 54 in Mizoram to the Indo-Myanmar border for the Kaladan multi-modal transport facility project.
The proposal was discussed and cleared at a meeting of the forest advisory committee of the ministry of environment and forests in t
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/centre-clears-use-forest-land-road-3084-trees-be-felled
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/telegraph-north-east
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/trees
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mizoram
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/roads
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/highways
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-environment-and-forests-moef