Anindo Dey & Rajendra Sharma | TNN Jaipur/Alwar: It was another relocation bid that went awry. And, the animal in question this time was the meek sambhar. The plan, on the lines of tiger relocation from Ranthambore to Sariska, entailed relocating 70 sambhars from Sariska to Sajjangarh, Kumbhalgarh sanctuaries in Udaipur district and to Rajgarh in Alwar to help establish a bigger population of the animal there. But brakes had to be applied on the project soon after it began, as the Union ministry of forest and environment (MoEF) took strong exception to the relocation without the assistance of a technical person. The MoEF also objected to the move saying it would destroy the prey base at Sariska where the ministry has already spent crores for re-establishing a tiger population. Sources said Union minister for forests and environment Jairam Ramesh has written to chief minister Ashok Gehlot seeking his personal intervention to stop the project.