Srinagar, Dec. 21 -- Locals from Brain Nishat in Srinagar outskirts have filed an application before the National Green Tribunal alleging that the authorities have begun clearing land and marking trees for the proposed establishment of a Battalion Camping Site for several CRPF battalions inside an ecologically fragile area adjoining Dachigam National Park. The plea states that around 1324 kanals of land identified for the project fall within the Brain Nishat Conservation Reserve, a notified protected zone under the Wildlife Protection Act. The land also forms part of the catchment of Dal Lake and is categorised as a Green Belt under the Srinagar Master Plan 2035, where construction activity is prohibited.According to the applicants, thous...