Congress seeks rollback of jungle safari plan, calls it conspiracy to destroy Aravallis
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Gurugram, October 6
Calling CM Manohar Lal Khattar’s ambitious jungle safari project a farce, the Congress said it was a conspiracy to destroy the Aravallis.
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Addressing the media, senior Congress leader Captain Ajay Yadav said the Khattar government had long been trying to sell forests off to industrialists and this was a similar plan.
“They have come up with this plan to fool people in the name of eco-tourism. The Aravalli range is dying. Rather than conserving it, the government plans to turn it into a tourist destination, which will kill it,” he said.
“Have they consulted experts on the issue? Can such environment-impacting decisions be taken only on the basis of a foreign visit by the CM? This is just to benefit a handful of contractors and allow backdoor commercial activities. We demand its immediate rollback,” he said.
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