State Government has put its focus back on tiger conservation years after the coming up of Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR) way back in 70s. looking at the stagnation in the big cat’s populace the Government has called to replicate best practices undertaken in other parts of the country here in Jharkhand as well.
Informing about the decision taken in a high level review meeting taken place on Thursday Principal Secretary of Forest and Environment Department Sukhdeo Singh said, “The Chief Minister was particular about some good works taken place in some other States in the field of tiger conservation. Under this specific studies would be done on the efforts and would be replicated at PTR for hoping for the good results.”
The Government would also form a special task force for this purpose for the lone tiger reserve of the State. The efforts would be besides the efforts already undergoing and would be aimed to stabilise tiger population in the national park which is on the slippery hills.
laying emphasis on skill development and employment generation, the CM said that the Project Tiger Director Rajesh Gopal should be consulted for a wider scheme for tiger preservation Continued on Page 2Tiger conservation models to be replicated in J’khandat Palamu and also for working on Birbal Sahani Park for fossils conservation. He also directed to manage and beautify other parks including Deer Park at Khunti.
Besides this, Chief Minister Raghubar Das in the review also instructed the officials to dispose sand mining, stone crusher and minor forest produces within 15 days. He said that maximum community participation should be ensured in CAMPA Scheme.
“The CM was particular about running huge campaign for plantation in the State, making the joint forest committees efficient for this purpose and putting entire thing on a fast track. He said that trees will be planted on the premises of Government institutions, schools and colleges and also that poor people dependent on forest should get prices for kendu leaves and other forest produce,” said the official.
The CM directed the officers to make schemes so that people can get proper rate of lac when official of the Department informed that Rs 256.73 crore has been allocated for this purpose out of which Rs 70.15 crore has been spent. The Department has targeted to plant 269 lac plants in the financial year 2015-16. Forest management, amenities, eco-tourism, forest area limitation & digitalization of records were discussed at large. The forest area is also being surveyed by GPS mapping & conserved through posting pillars.
Chief Secretary Rajiv Gauba, Principal Secretary to the CM, Sanjay Kumar, Development Commissioner RS Poddar, besides other senior officials, were present in the meeting.