United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has called for a report from the Environment Ministry on allegations that a road is being built through the Sinharaja Forest Reserve endangering its natural habitat and eco system, a UNESCO official said yesterday.

UNESCO’s Sri Lanka National Commission Secretary General Preethi Viraj Perera told Daily Mirror that UNESCO, which is the world body committed to protect and maintain world heritage sites, should have been informed about the plan to build the road.