Baffled with frequent incidents of wild elephants entering human habitats and destroying properties and even killing people, the State Government will write to Centre for formation of a five-State committee. While holding the 8th meeting of Wild life Board here on Monday, Chief Minister Raghubar Das said all measures would be taken that the wild elephants get what they need inside jungles.
Das said bamboo plantation will be done inside forests so that the elephants do not face problem of food. Also, water resources need to be replenished to ensure that the wild animals do not face any problem of drinking water. It was informed in the meeting that the wild animals come out of jungles mainly because of lack of food and water to drink and bath.
It was said in the meeting that proper arrangements were being made for availability of water at Betla Tiger Reserve in Palamu. A three-year plan has also been made for the purpose. Principal Secretary of Forest department Sukhdeo Singh said that sanctuary and villages were being connected for promoting eco tourism in the State. The CM asked a team of officials to visit Chhattisgarh to study works done in the field.
A Range Office would also be opened at Bundu. Moreover, the State would get 2200 forest guards by January, 2017. Noatbly, no forest guard has been recruited in State for the past 30 years.
Also, five out of the 11 wildlife sanctuaries would be developed into model sanctuaries. Permission for laying underground optical fibre cables on the right of way of NH 2 and NH 33 falling in Gautam Buddha Wildlife Sanctuary and Hazaribagh Wildlife Sanctuary respectively has been granted. Also, three police camps would come up at Parasnath Hills.
Principal Secretary to CM Sanjay Kumar, Senior officials of the Forest department and Wildlife Board were present in the meeting.