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Monday, August 24, 2009
Pench Tiger reserve forest cover up
A report in TOI today cites a study being conducted by Florida based researchers to conclude that area under forest cover in the Pench reserve has gone up to 87% from 78% in 3 decades ending 2007. It is pertinent to note that the ministry of roads and transport in the earlier UPA govt had initiated a project to widen the Nagpur-Jabalpur highway which cuts right throught hte middle of the reserve and would have seriously affected wildlife in and around the park. After a public hue and cry and initiative shown by local law makers teh project was finally withdrawn..
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