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- The National Wildlife Board (NBWL) issued final nod for Mumbai-Nagpur highway
- This Highway passes through the 10-km eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) of Katepurna and KaranjaSohal Blackbuck wildlife sanctuaries.
About NBWL
- NBWL is a “Statutory Organization” constituted under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
- It is chaired by the Prime Minister.
- No alternation of boundaries in national parks and wildlife sanctuaries can be done without approval of the NBWL.
- It has 47 members including the Prime Minister.
- It includes three Members of Parliament (two from Lok Sabha and one from Rajya Sabha), five NGOs and 10 eminent ecologists, conservationists and environmentalists.
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