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There are several incidents directly or indirectly related to the site indicating its adversity to its surroundings, which is in notice of the forest department thereby, the state government.” We hope the state government understands its urgency and take action.” said Bhanu Bansal, secretary of the CWEL.Citing an example of how the dumping is affecting the environment, Bansal said, “Recently, a female leopard died because of coming into contact with the iron fencing at Raiwala Ammunition Dump area. Thereafter, the ministry approached the state government to provide another land, but nothing has been done till date, claimed the CWEL in its petition.“It is worrisome because, the delay is causing adverse effects to biodiversity, flora, fauna and the environment of an extremely rich biological belt of Uttarakhand. Haridwar: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday directed the state chief secretary to present a ‘factual report’ over delay in shifting of Raiwala Ammunition dump from Motichur Corridor arear even after the Supreme Court (SC) had passed an order 12 years ago in this regard.The principal bench of the NGT, headed by chairman justice AK Goel, has directed chief secretary Utpal Kumar Singh to present the ‘factual report’ by July 08.The tribunal was hearing a plea of Centre for Wildlife and Environmental Litigation (CWEL) which had stated in its petition of February 12 this year that the Army dumping site is causing ‘serious environmental hazard as well as risk to ecology, biodiversity and wildlife of Chilla Motichur Corridor’ in Uttarakhand.The SC, in its March 23, 2007 order, had directed the ministry of defence to return 155 acres of forest land at Raiwala being used by the Army as an ammunition dumping site.
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