JAIPUR: The woodland management plans to expedite the method of relocation of villages in Sariska Tiger Reserve (STR) to create inviolate areas inside the reserve.
The transfer comes after a male tiger was once shifted from Ranthambore Tiger Reserve (RTR) to Sariska.
Chief conservator of forests and field director of Sariska Tiger Project (Alwar) Ghanshyam Sharma stated, “We have started an workout to coach the villagers inside the reserve. The relocation might be performed in a phase-wise approach. At present, our focus is to shift Kankwari, Karska and Haripura villages and meetings are being held with the villagers for the same”.
As in step with the woodland records, more than 247 households continue to live inside the Sariska reserve as they're unwilling to leave the woodland in the absence of adequate reimbursement. The state govt is providing a rehabilitation bundle at Rs 10 lakh in step with circle of relatives and two hectares of agricultural land.
“A man above 18 years of age is regarded as as a separate circle of relatives member and govt provides him reimbursement. We have additionally earmarked land to rehabilitate citizens of these 3 villages close to Tijara,” stated Sharma.
The relocation plan of villages in the core and buffer areas of STR, that are a major factor in the back of poaching and man-animal struggle, has noticed zero progress because of lack of political will and bureaucratic apathy. As the deadlock continues, in the last five years, not a lot progress might be achieved in the relocation of the villages from the critical tiger habitat (CTH).
According to the guidelines of National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), the federal government of Rajasthan had notified 881.11 sq.km house as critical tiger habitat on December 28, 2007. As in step with the records, these days there are 26 villages in CTH that wish to be relocated and which are stated to be violating the tiger habitat. Out of these, 10 villages are on ‘priority I’ and the rest are on ‘priority II’.
Till now, handiest 3 of the overall 29 villages that come beneath CTH might be absolutely shifted. In 2007, Bhagani village was once relocated. Two extra villages, Umri and Rotkala, had been shifted later.
The transfer comes after a male tiger was once shifted from Ranthambore Tiger Reserve (RTR) to Sariska.
Chief conservator of forests and field director of Sariska Tiger Project (Alwar) Ghanshyam Sharma stated, “We have started an workout to coach the villagers inside the reserve. The relocation might be performed in a phase-wise approach. At present, our focus is to shift Kankwari, Karska and Haripura villages and meetings are being held with the villagers for the same”.
As in step with the woodland records, more than 247 households continue to live inside the Sariska reserve as they're unwilling to leave the woodland in the absence of adequate reimbursement. The state govt is providing a rehabilitation bundle at Rs 10 lakh in step with circle of relatives and two hectares of agricultural land.
“A man above 18 years of age is regarded as as a separate circle of relatives member and govt provides him reimbursement. We have additionally earmarked land to rehabilitate citizens of these 3 villages close to Tijara,” stated Sharma.
The relocation plan of villages in the core and buffer areas of STR, that are a major factor in the back of poaching and man-animal struggle, has noticed zero progress because of lack of political will and bureaucratic apathy. As the deadlock continues, in the last five years, not a lot progress might be achieved in the relocation of the villages from the critical tiger habitat (CTH).
According to the guidelines of National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), the federal government of Rajasthan had notified 881.11 sq.km house as critical tiger habitat on December 28, 2007. As in step with the records, these days there are 26 villages in CTH that wish to be relocated and which are stated to be violating the tiger habitat. Out of these, 10 villages are on ‘priority I’ and the rest are on ‘priority II’.
Till now, handiest 3 of the overall 29 villages that come beneath CTH might be absolutely shifted. In 2007, Bhagani village was once relocated. Two extra villages, Umri and Rotkala, had been shifted later.
Government to speed up relocation process for Sariska villages
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