Petitioner’s advocate, Abhijay Negi, informed the court that the proposed road widening falls within the Elephant Corridor, affecting approximately 3,300 trees. He noted that previously, following intervention by the High Court, the Shivalik Elephant Reserve had been successfully protected.Advocate Negi stated, “Documents have been submitted along with the petition in court, detailing various elephant corridors in the northern region. The documents include GPS coordinates, as well as the dimensions of the corridors, such as their length and width.”During the proceedings, Advocate Abhijay Negi elaborated on the details provided in the petition, emphasizing the critical dimensions of various elephant corridors.”The Basant Corridor has a recorded length of 30 kilometers and a width of 10 kilometers,” Negi stated. “In the case of the Chhediya Corridor, the length is also 30 kilometers, but its width is only 0.5 kilometers. Similarly, the Dudhwa Corridor measures 13 kilometers in length and 10 kilometers in width.”He further noted, “The relevant Shivalik Corridor, which is central to this case, has a length of 32 kilometers and a width of 23 kilometers. The geographic coordinates detailing these corridors have also been included in the documentation.”
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