HC forms high-powered panel to protect SGNP

The high-powered committee headed by former Allahabad CJ Dilip Bhosle; to report in three months

- Urvi Mahajani

The Bombay High Court has constituted a high-powered committee (HPC) headed by retired Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court, Justice Dilip Bhosle, to ensure the expeditious construction of a boundary wall around the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) and to recommend measures to prevent further encroachments on its land.

The committee, which also includes former Maharashtra DGP Subodh Jaiswal, ex-chief secretary Dr Nitin Kareer, and conservator of forests and director of SGNP, Anita Patil, has been tasked with identifying land for rehabilitation of encroachers and suggesting steps for funding and construction of rehabilitation tenements.