NGT slams Assam for death of animals on NH
11 Oct 2013 5:02 AM IST
The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday pulled up the Assam government over ‘ruthless killing’ of several species of animals by allowing heavy traffic movement on a stretch of National Highway 37 passing through the famed Kaziranga sanctuary.
Anguished by pictures of animals killed by vehicles on the highway, a bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar warned the state government that if it does not come up with a ‘decent and effective proposal’ to address the issue, the tribunal will stop all vehicular movement on the stretch of NH 37 which passes through the national park.
‘Pictures shown to us show the ruthless killing of exceptional species of animals by heavy traffic movement of trucks, etc. How can you be so cruel? How can you do this to such beautiful animals? How can you be so inhuman? You are killing them...’
‘If on next date of hearing you do not come with a decent and effective proposal, we will stop all traffic on the NH. Everybody here understands prohibition, but no one understands regulation,’ the bench said.
Anguished by pictures of animals killed by vehicles on the highway, a bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar warned the state government that if it does not come up with a ‘decent and effective proposal’ to address the issue, the tribunal will stop all vehicular movement on the stretch of NH 37 which passes through the national park.
‘Pictures shown to us show the ruthless killing of exceptional species of animals by heavy traffic movement of trucks, etc. How can you be so cruel? How can you do this to such beautiful animals? How can you be so inhuman? You are killing them...’
‘If on next date of hearing you do not come with a decent and effective proposal, we will stop all traffic on the NH. Everybody here understands prohibition, but no one understands regulation,’ the bench said.
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