Jaipur: NGT bans business activities at Nahargarh fort

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TheNational Green Tribunal(NGT), Bhopal, has banned all commercial activities, including restaurant, hotel and bar, inNahargarhFort located in the Nahargarh Wildlife Sanctuary (NWS) of the city on Monday The tribunal has called business activities illegal and ordered them to stop operations as they are non-Forestry activity.

In the PIL, listed on January 18 this year, the petitioner had alleged that commercial

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activities were going on in the forest area, including serving liquor and construction of parking lot, at the fort. The fort belongs to the archaeology department and commercial activities are being run by the RTDC. The NGT took cognizance of increase in movement of people and night tourism activities in the area. In 1961, the Nahargarh forest was declared as a reserve area, on the basis of which the forest department was given the right of control it,