Kashmir Impulse Desk 

Srinagar, May 4 

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday chaired the seventh meeting of the Jammu and Kashmir’s Wildlife Board, reviewing key conservation and development proposals, officials said.

The meeting, held at Lok Bhavan in Srinagar, was attended by senior officials and stakeholders, including minister Javed Ahmed Rana, legislators Devinder Kumar Manyal and Mian Mehar Ali, Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo, and other top forest and environment officials.

The board approved a proposal for construction of the Asha-Cheema-Gurdaligali-Aphrawat-Sarson-Anita road through the Gulmarg Wildlife Sanctuary. The project will now be referred to the Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife for statutory clearance.

LG Sinha emphasised the need to balance infrastructure development with ecological sustainability, calling for measures to safeguard the region’s biodiversity.

He also reviewed ongoing initiatives by the Forest, Ecology and Environment Department aimed at conservation and protection of wildlife across Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.

The meeting was attended by senior bureaucrats, forest officials, conservationists, representatives of the armed forces, and non-governmental organisations working in the wildlife sector.