An environmental activist has filed a complaint, citing three instances, to the Supreme Court-mandated Central Empowered Committee (CEC) regarding alleged illegal construction within identified wildlife corridors that help wildlife disperse from Kaziranga National Park to the Karbi Anglong Hills in Assam.

In a letter sent to the Committee in Delhi on May 11, Rohit Choudhury, based in Bokakhat in Golaghat district, has alleged that construction was underway for a school and a residential building on the Haldhibari and Panbari wildlife corridors, respectively, in violation of a 2019 Supreme Court order.

The CEC advises the apex court on writ petitions related to environment and forest matters, and assists in compliance with landmark orders, such as T N Godavarman on forest conservation.

In an order dated April 12, 2019, the Supreme Court had directed that all mining and related activities along “the aforesaid Kaziranga National Park area in the entire catchment area of river/streams and rivulets originating…