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PIL in Delhi HC challenges NBWL over 97% project approvals in protected forests

By Simrin Sirur A group of former forest officials, conservationists, and researchers have censured the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) and a statutory body under it for approving development projects within protected areas with โ€œscant ecological and scientific evidenceโ€ and โ€œno application of mind.โ€ A public interest litigation filed by the group in the Delhi […]