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INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT VS NATIONAL PARKS
ACC is building a
$40 million cement plant on the boundary of Balpakaram National Park in
Meghalaya that will block routes used by elephants.
In Madhya Pradesh,
The Sanjay Gandhi Thermal Power Station is slated to come up 30 km from
the Bandavgarh National Park.
In the Nilgiri Hills,
The Pykara hydro-electric project is likely to harm three sanctuaries
including the Bandipur Tiger Reserve.
Kudremukh Iron Ore
Mining Company plans to conduct mining
operations in Bhadra
Wildlife Sanctuary and Kudremukh National Park.
In Maharashtra the
state government has denotified a 500 km zone around the Melghat tiger
reserve.
| Tiger
Reserve |
Threats |
| Corbett |
Roads
provide access to ivory poachers |
| Sariska |
Mining |
| Ranthambhore |
Road
construction in the periphery |
| Panna |
Mining |
| Melghat |
Upper
Tapi stage II hydro electric project and Chikaldhara pumped storage
project |
| Bhadra |
Mining
and Silver valley projects |
| Periyar |
Denotification
for roads and pilgrimage |
| Bandipur |
Roads
and tourism |
| Nagarjunasagar |
Uranium
mining and proposed nuclear reactor |
| Tadoba |
Coal
mining and roads |
| Indravati |
Dams,
mining and timber felling |
| Palamau |
Kotku
dam, coal mines and roads |
| Simlipal |
Bauxite
lignite mining |
| Sunderbans |
Massive
international steamer channel to Bangladesh |
| Dampa |
Roads,
timber felling and insurgency |
| Buxa |
Dolomite
mining and orchards |
| Manas |
New
roads |
| Namdaph |
New
access to timber poachers and mines |
| Valmiki |
Bihar-Chitwan
road, rail bridge and embankments |
| Bandhavgarh |
Thermal
Power projects and mining |
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