National Park in news: DibruSaikhowa National Park and DehingPatkai Elephant Reserve
Part of: GS Prelims and Mains III – Protected areas; Conservation; Environment Impact Assessment issues
In news:
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Environment Ministry, Oil India Limited (OIL) and two other entities to explain how the proposed drilling of seven oil wells in an eastern Assam national park (DibruSaikhowa) was permitted.
Earlier, the NGT had ordered the formation of a committee to probe allegations of largescale illegal coal mining by the North Eastern Coalfields inside DehingPatkai Elephant Reserve in Assam.
