Over 2 lakh people will be affected if 3-km ESZ proposal is approved

Even though the forest and wildlife conservation department of the Punjab government submitted an affidavit to the Supreme Court, stating its intent to revisit its earlier proposal of designating a 3-km eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) around the Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary, it has now sent the same old proposal to the cabinet for approval.

- HT Correspondent

MOHALI:

The notification aims to declare the ESZ for sanctuary, adjacent to the Nayagaon municipal council, subject to the cabinet's approval. Strong resentment prevails among the residents of Kansal, Nada, Nayagaon, and Karoran villages after the state government's move.

Legal buildings may face demolition: Joshi Vineet Joshi, chairman of Nayagaon Ghar Bachao Manch, expressed concerns that if the proposed notification is approved in a cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister (CM) Bhagwant Mann, more than two lakh poor and lower-middle-class residents of Nayagaon, Kansal, Karoran, and Nada under the Nayagaon municipal council, in Mohali district, will face numerous challenges. He warned that houses, shops, hospitals, religious places, and hotels built lawfully may also face the risk of demolition.