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Snakes big or small do come under the wheels of the lorries/trucks/ cars on the state highway every now and then and once it is converted, one can imagine the hazards. The ministry has appointed two agencies to prepare a detailed project report.However, the conversion of the highway will have an adverse effect on the bio-diversity and habitat of the tiger reserve. DALTONGANJ: The Union ministry of road, transport and highway has given its nod to the conversion of a 120 km-stretch of the state highway in the Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR) into a national highway , beginning from Dubiya Kharn to Rajpur, near the Chhattisgarh border.This stretch of the state highway passes through Betla, Garu Maromar, Bareysarn, Mahuadarn in PTR up to Kusmi-Rajpur under Gumla district bordering Chhattisgarh. Chief conservator of forest cum field director of PTR M P Singh said, The DFO core office has received a letter from the agencies for the conversion. "The conversion will also disrupt the elephant corridor..