New Delhi, March 10 -- The ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH) is considering design changes to the Char Dham road stretch in the Bhagirathi Eco-Sensitive Zone after several environmental activists and veteran politicians Murli Manohar Joshi (of the BJP) and Karan Singh (of the Congress) raised an alarm about its ecological impact.

HT reported on March 3 that Joshi and Singh have urged transport minister Nitin Gadkari and environment minister Bhupender Yadav to cancel forest clearances granted by the Uttarakhand government for the Netala bypass and Jhala-Jangla stretch in the Bhagirathi Eco-sensitive zone, warning that the projects pose a threat to the stability of the vulnerable hillside. The duohas been raising concerns abo...