India, Aug. 17 -- A day after writing letters and expressing concerns over the festivities taking place inside the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), environmental activists on Saturday sent a legal notice to the forest authorities.

Representing environmental non-governmental organisations Vanashakti and Yeoor Environmental Society, advocate Ronita Bhattacharya Bector sent the notice to the SGNP director, the additional principal chief conservator of forests, wildlife (West), the principal secretary of the environment department, and the chief secretary of the revenue and forest department.

In July, a Kanwar Yatra took place inside the forest, said Rohit Joshi, founder of the Yeoor Environment Society. "Then again, another religious ev...