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Dehradun, July 19 (HS). Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that to reduce human-wildlife conflict, the Forest Department should work seriously on it by making a planned policy for its prevention with more effective efforts. The permissible assistance should be made available as soon as possible to the families of the dead and the injured in human-wildlife conflict. The places adjoining the forests which have been deprived of biofencing should be covered with biofencing as soon as possible.
On Friday, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami chaired the 20th meeting of the Uttarakhand State Wildlife Board at the Secretariat. During this, he said that to prevent human-wildlife conflict, patrolling of forest personnel should be increased in the identified hot spot areas and forest personnel should be given adequate equipment like camera trap, anider, tranquilizer gun etc. Also, wild animals should be monitored through modern equipment like drones. Special attention should be kept on those divisions where more cases of human-wildlife conflict are coming.
The Chief Minister directed to prepare DPR soon on the master plan of the proposed zoo and safari in Haldwani. He directed to complete the development and upgradation of Chaurasi Kutiya under Rajaji Tiger Reserve as per international standards very soon.
The Chief Minister also directed to make wildlife based documentaries and films for wide publicity of various national parks to promote wildlife based tourism in the state. He also asked to organize bird watching camps at various places. He said that the proposed development plans in forest areas should be completed soon within the ambit of rules, so that the general public can get convenience.
Approval received for Jamrani Dam Multipurpose Project
It was told in the meeting that approval has been received from the National Board for Wildlife for the Jamrani Dam multipurpose project. Approval has been received from the National Board for Wildlife for the Kimsar-Bhogpur Motor Road in Yamkeshwar block of Pauri Garhwal district. Which will be constructed soon. Tiger Conservation Foundation has been formed for the Rajaji Tiger Reserve which has been pending for 9 years.
A 10-year proposal for forest landscape restoration is being prepared
A 10-year proposal for forest landscape restoration is being prepared, incorporating all the points of wildlife management in the state. For which an amount of Rs 32 crore has been approved by the Government of India in the financial year 2024-25. An amount of Rs 10 crore 50 lakh has been allocated to the forest divisions for the purchase of modern equipment in the financial year 2023-24 to prevent human-wildlife conflict in the state.
Master plan of Haldwani Zoo and Safari gets approval
The rates of forest rest houses in the state have been revised after the year 2009. The master plan of Haldwani Zoo and Safari, Haldwani was approved by the Central Zoo Authority, Central Government.
Monkey sterilization work in mission mode
The work of monkey sterilization is being done in mission mode in the state, in which 39,398 monkeys have been sterilized from July 2023 to March 31 this year. To prevent human-wildlife conflict, “Living with Leopard” program is being run under 05 forest divisions (Garhwal, Tehri, Pithoragarh, Bageshwar and Narendranagar). 65 quick response teams have been formed under 31 forest divisions for quick prevention of incidents of human-wildlife conflict.
Forest Minister Subodh Uniyal, MLAs Banshidhar Bhagat, Diwan Singh Bisht, Suresh Singh Chauhan, Chief Secretary Radha Raturi, Principal Secretary R.K. Sudhanshu, Chief Forest Conservator Dr. Dhananjay Mohan, Chief Forest Conservator, Wildlife Dr. Sameer Sinha, Special Secretary Dr. Parag Madhukar Dhakate, ADG A.P. Anshuman and board members were present in the meeting.
