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Part
of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) which is under construction.
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Kenya's massive railway
project to build a new line linking the capital, Nairobi, to the north-west
town of Naivasha, has hit another snag after an environment agency issued
an order to suspend plans including construction of the railway
on part of the Nairobi National Park.
BBC
Africa Live report continues:
Activists
opposed to the use of the park say the railway will disturb
and destroy wildlife in the park.
The
National Environment Tribunal said that the project had been approved without
an environmental impact assessment as required by law:
The
government had appeared to solve the long-running standoff last
week after it adopted plans to build a bridge across the park which
it said will minimize noise and disturbance in the park.
The Standard Gauge Railway
(SGR) project is a US$3bn (£2.2bn) flagship project launched by President
Uhuru Kenyatta which is set to run from the coastal city of Mombasa to the
capital, Nairobi covering some 482km (300 metres).
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