dehradun for many years now not a single tiger from the eastern part of rajaji tiger reserve rtr has been able to cross over to the western side via chillamotichur corridor similarly movement of tigers and elephants from rtr to dehradun forest division has been restricted thats because the national highways connecting these areas have seen a steady rise in traffic resulting in a major hurdle in movement of animals in 2011 the supreme court had ordered the construction of three flyovers to divert traffic from these roads which are connected to three animal corridors laltapar teen pani and chillamotichur the deadline for the project lapsed way back in 2013 but the flyovers covering 2km proposed to be constructed at a cost of rs 172 crore are still a distant reality however in a ray of hope for animal conservationists national highways authority of india nhai chairman recently assured that the project will be expedited this year the development was reported during a meeting between officials from nhai ministry of environment and forests national tiger conservation authority world wide fund for nature wwf and wildlife institute of india wii an assurance coming from nhai chairman means that the project will be completed without any further delay he said that the contractors who were responsible for delay will be replaced once completed india will become the first country to build flyovers to facilitate wildlife movement wii director vb mathur told toi he added that stalled work on the project badly affected the movement of animals from east to west rtr and from rtr to dehradun forest division meanwhile the volume of traffic on the national highway kept increasing making it difficult for animals to cross over he said ak singh senior wwf official said it would take some time for the wild animals to get used to the traffic on the flyovers above them the roads will be turned into grasslands to minimize the effect of lights at night either traffic will have to be halted or measures such as erecting fibre sheets on both sides of the flyovers will have to be taken