Bhubaneswar: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notice to the Centre and state government on the location of the proposed Central Research Institute of Yoga and Naturopathy (CRIYN) at Bhinjagiri in Khurda district.
NGT’s East Zone bench in Kolkata issued the notices on Monday basing on a petition which sought relocation of the proposed institute as it falls in the eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) of Chandaka-Dampara Wildlife Sanctuary.
The petition was filed by Hazari Dehuri and Hrudananda Kodamsingh, both residents of the area, challenging the diversion of 20 acre of forest category land for the CRIYN at Bhinjagiri as it is included in ESZ of Chandaka-Dampara Wildlife Sanctuary as per notification issued by the Ministry of Environment & Forest on September 9, 2016.
Notably, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on October 29, 2024 laid the foundation stone of the proposed CRIYN for chronic diseases along with a 100-bed yoga and naturopathy hospital and a laboratory by the Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy. The facility is to come up at an estimated cost of `25 crore.
