Northern railway to be constructed with minimum environmental harm

At a discussion held with an Indian Construction Company yesterday, the Minister of Environment and Renewable Energy said the Northern Railway track should be constructed with minimum harm to the environment.

“The construction of the Northern Railway track should not damage the environment.

Any construction might create a slight harm, but as this is a greatly needed construction we cannot step back and should take the necessary steps to implement this with minimum environmental harm” the Minister said.

The Department of Forest Conservation, the Central Environmental Authority and the Department of Archaeology which were parties to the discussion, referred to

They said certain forest areas would have to be cleared to some extent and large quantities of soil would be needed to fill the lands that would be used for the construction

the damages that could be caused by this construction.

They said certain forest areas would have to be cleared to some extent and large quantities of soil would be needed to fill the lands that would be used for the construction. Minister Premajayanth appointed a committee headed by the Director General of the Department of Forest Conservation, to conduct a research on the various implications of this construction.