Ludhiana, December 18
Environmentalists here are up in arms against the proposed amendment in the Master Plan of the city by PUDA/GLADA to allow the setting up of a modern industrial park/mixed land use development along Dhussi bundhs of the Sutlej river in Sekhowal, Garhi Fazal and Salempur villages in this district.
‘Threat to environment’
The Vigilant Citizens Forum has pointed out that many protected forests, Mattewara Forest, Jaspal Kadar, Haidar Nagar/Salempur Forest, were close to the proposed industrial park on different sides. These are notified as protected forests as per the Department of Forests, Punjab. The habitat of animals in these forests would be devastated with industrial activity