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Two persons and over a dozen were injured in tiger attacks in Wadsa last year,” forest officials said.They said the project area constitutes an important habitat for endangered species like tigers, sloth bear, panther, wolf and bison. The Rs470 crore proposal to construct new 52.86km line is basically a political demand, less for people and more for transportation of iron ore from Surjagarh in future. NAGPUR: Even as the regional environment committee (REC) of the MoEFCC will discuss proposal to divert 83.431 hectare rich forest land in favour of South East Central Railway (SECR) for construction of Wadsa-Gadchiroli new broad gauge line, greens expressed concern that the project will cut tiger corridor between Tadoba-Andhari and Navegaon-Nagzira tiger reserves.The proposal will come up before the REC on Tuesday. The forest department has said mitigation measures like underpasses, overpasses, sound control, pollution control is to be taken in the area.“We want that timing of train crossing the area should be so regulated that no train should cross the area between sunset and sunrise. This report has not been submitted yet..