Wildlife
Board okays Andamans’ Rutland Island for DRDO’s missile testing project…
The National Board of Wildlife has approved Rutland Island in
South Andaman to be the site for the country’s long-range missile test
facility, which
has been held up since 2012.
The Standing Committee of the National Board of
Wildlife in a meeting held on May 15 approved the project, “considering the
strategic importance of the project for country’s defence”.
The proposal involves diversion of 49.978 acres forest of which 0.84 ha falls in the Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park and 49.138 ha reserve forest within 10km of the Eco Sensitive Zone. The island is very rich in marine life and was once home to the indigenous Andamanese group ‘Jangil’ or Rutland Jarawa. DRDO has been struggling to get its long range missile test facility since 2012 when the proposal was moved across the government.
The proposal involves diversion of 49.978 acres forest of which 0.84 ha falls in the Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park and 49.138 ha reserve forest within 10km of the Eco Sensitive Zone. The island is very rich in marine life and was once home to the indigenous Andamanese group ‘Jangil’ or Rutland Jarawa. DRDO has been struggling to get its long range missile test facility since 2012 when the proposal was moved across the government.
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