Guwahati, May 27 -- Reported by Bhadra Gogoi

Dimapur: The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Regional Office, Shillong, has approved the diversion of 3.93 hectares of forest land in the Nagaland Zoological Park under Rangapahar Reserve Forest in Chumoukedima district by the Nagaland Power Department for the construction of a 220 kV transmission line from Dimapur to Kohima (Zhadima).

The ministry, in its letter dated 12.02.2024, communicated the in-principle (Stage-I) approval in favour of the Nagaland Power Department for diversion of forest land for the construction of the transmission line, a government release said on Wednesday.

The release said that, considering compliance with the conditions stipulated in the ...