The establishment of an industrial zone in Assam’s Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary by industrialist Dilip Chetry was challenged in a case submitted to the National Green Tribunal. The establishment of a brick kiln that uses coal as fuel has been the subject of the petition. The purported intention to build stone quarries and cement factories in the environmentally sensitive area outside of Guwahati in the Morigaon district of Assam has also sparked grave worries. More than 103 one-horned rhinos, 300 Indian buffaloes, deer, pangolins, wild boars, and other migratory birds may be found in the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, which is made up of two blocks.
The Brick Kiln is located in the Sativeti area, which is encircled by paddy fields, approximately 500 meters from the Wildlife Sanctuary’s Rajamayog hill point, and falls within the proposed eco-sensitive zone of protected areas, according to the Pobitora Wildlife Range’s Forest Range Officer. In a notice dated March 17, 1998, the Assamese government designated the aforementioned region as a wildlife sanctuary. The Chairman of the Assam State Pollution Control Board had been advised by the Divisional Forest Officer to address the issue appropriately.
