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3 more tigers for Sariska but safety still a big concern
PNS
The Pioneer
http://www.dailypioneer.com
Monday, October 22, 2012
Indraprasth aka New Delhi - After the success of
relocated tigress delivering two cubs, the Sariska Tiger
Reserve in Rajasthan is also planning translocation of
three more tigers by the end of the year, but
conservationists and wildlife experts are apprehensive
about the safety of the big cats there.
The relocation of three tigers will take their numbers of
big cats to 10 in the reserve. However, experts feel that
the safety situation is more or less same as it was in
2005 when the reserve lost all its tigers due to
poaching.
The experts pointed out, there are still 28 villages
existing in the critical habitat area of the reserve.
Further, large number of pilgrims and vehicles regularly
enter through the core area of the reserve to reach the
ancient Hanuman temple at Pandupole, every Tuesday and
Saturday when there is free entry.
Shortly after Sariska declared to have lost all its
tigers, in February 2005 the Government had constituted
the State Empowered Committee on forests and wildlife
management (SEC). The committee had come out with a
number of suggestions to prevent the recurrence of
similar incident in future.
The report clearly stated, “In Sariska, all the reasons
responsible for the disappearance of tigers in toto zero
in on one single factor which is that large number of
villages exist inside the reserve. No successful
rehabilitation of these villages has ever taken place.
Therefore, poachers could take shelter here and kill
tigers.”
Apart from concerns on the biotic pressure from human,
they also pointed to the accompanying problem of grazing
of cattle living in the villages situated within the
reserve and on the periphery.
They had recommended reduction of these existing
disturbances and a time-bound relocation of villages.
“Most of these recommendations are yet to be followed,”
pointed out Dharmendra Khandal, conservation biologist
from Tiger Watch. Let alone the issue of relocation, the
Forest department has done little to reduce the influx of
pilgrims to the ancient Hanuman temple at Pandupole every
week. Further, nearly 8 kms of a State Highway also
passes through the core area of the reserve, he pointed
out. Though the Forest department has tried to reduce the
number of vehicles passing through the reserve but lot
more needs to be done, he felt.
Field Director Sariska, RS Shekhawat admitted that
relocation was the single biggest challenge. “This is a
voluntary process and we have formed a relocation cell
deputing full time officer to look into the issue,” he
pointed out.
Recently, we have been able to vacate the Umri village
and have relocated nearly 90 per cent of Dabli and
Rautkela villages. Two more villages are to be expected
to be evacuated within the next two months, he pointed
out, for which funds worth `50 crore from National Tiger
Conservation Authority.
Efforts are also on to introduce shuttle buses to
regulate the inflow of pilgrims and check the entry of
vehicles to the Pandupole temple , for which again funds
from the Centre are awaited, informed the Field Director.
More at:
http://www.dailypioneer.com/nation/103417-3-more-tigers-for-sariska-but-safety-still-a-big-concern.html
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PNS
The Pioneer
http://www.dailypioneer.com
Monday, October 22, 2012
Indraprasth aka New Delhi - After the success of
relocated tigress delivering two cubs, the Sariska Tiger
Reserve in Rajasthan is also planning translocation of
three more tigers by the end of the year, but
conservationists and wildlife experts are apprehensive
about the safety of the big cats there.
The relocation of three tigers will take their numbers of
big cats to 10 in the reserve. However, experts feel that
the safety situation is more or less same as it was in
2005 when the reserve lost all its tigers due to
poaching.
The experts pointed out, there are still 28 villages
existing in the critical habitat area of the reserve.
Further, large number of pilgrims and vehicles regularly
enter through the core area of the reserve to reach the
ancient Hanuman temple at Pandupole, every Tuesday and
Saturday when there is free entry.
Shortly after Sariska declared to have lost all its
tigers, in February 2005 the Government had constituted
the State Empowered Committee on forests and wildlife
management (SEC). The committee had come out with a
number of suggestions to prevent the recurrence of
similar incident in future.
The report clearly stated, “In Sariska, all the reasons
responsible for the disappearance of tigers in toto zero
in on one single factor which is that large number of
villages exist inside the reserve. No successful
rehabilitation of these villages has ever taken place.
Therefore, poachers could take shelter here and kill
tigers.”
Apart from concerns on the biotic pressure from human,
they also pointed to the accompanying problem of grazing
of cattle living in the villages situated within the
reserve and on the periphery.
They had recommended reduction of these existing
disturbances and a time-bound relocation of villages.
“Most of these recommendations are yet to be followed,”
pointed out Dharmendra Khandal, conservation biologist
from Tiger Watch. Let alone the issue of relocation, the
Forest department has done little to reduce the influx of
pilgrims to the ancient Hanuman temple at Pandupole every
week. Further, nearly 8 kms of a State Highway also
passes through the core area of the reserve, he pointed
out. Though the Forest department has tried to reduce the
number of vehicles passing through the reserve but lot
more needs to be done, he felt.
Field Director Sariska, RS Shekhawat admitted that
relocation was the single biggest challenge. “This is a
voluntary process and we have formed a relocation cell
deputing full time officer to look into the issue,” he
pointed out.
Recently, we have been able to vacate the Umri village
and have relocated nearly 90 per cent of Dabli and
Rautkela villages. Two more villages are to be expected
to be evacuated within the next two months, he pointed
out, for which funds worth `50 crore from National Tiger
Conservation Authority.
Efforts are also on to introduce shuttle buses to
regulate the inflow of pilgrims and check the entry of
vehicles to the Pandupole temple , for which again funds
from the Centre are awaited, informed the Field Director.
More at:
http://www.dailypioneer.com/nation/103417-3-more-tigers-for-sariska-but-safety-still-a-big-concern.html
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
o o o
o Not for commercial use. Solely to be fairly used
for the educational purposes of research and open
discussion. The contents of this post may not have been
authored by, and do not necessarily represent the opinion
of the poster. The contents are protected by copyright
law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
o If you send private e-mail to me, it will likely
not be read, considered or answered if it does not
contain your full legal name, current e-mail and postal
addresses, and live-voice telephone number.
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expressed by others are not necessarily those of the
poster who may or may not have read the article.
FAIR USE NOTICE: This article may contain copyrighted
material the use of which may or may not have been
specifically authorized by the copyright owner. This
material is being made available in efforts to advance
the understanding of environmental, political, human
rights, economic, democratic, scientific, social, and
cultural, etc., issues. It is believed that this
constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material
as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.
In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the
material on this site is distributed without profit to
those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving
the included information for research, comment,
discussion and educational purposes by subscribing to
USENET newsgroups or visiting web sites. For more
information go to:
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If you wish to use copyrighted material from this article
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