Thiruvananthapuram: Despite Supreme Court directing the continuation of the overnight traffic ban on the National Highway (NH) running through the core area of the Bandipur Tiger Reserve, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan yesterday batted in favour of an elevated highway through the Bandipur National Park connecting Wayanad in Kerala and Mysuru in Karnataka.
Vijayan, in a letter to the Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar, also said the State was ready to bear half of the expenditure. Vijayan said the proposal was acceptable to the Union Transport and the Highway Ministry.
