New Delhi:
The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has asked Madhya
Pradesh to enter correct data related to tigers in its state in an
online platform. On the basis of an RTI document, a letter has been sent
to the Chief Wildlife Warden of the state by the NTCA to re-enter the
data.
“You are requested to kindly
re-enter data in the manner as suggested at the earliest,” said the NTCA
letter, a copy of which was received in response to an RTI application
filed by Bhopal-based wildlife activist Ajay Dubey.
Certain
data entry errors were pointed out in information given by the state
during a meeting held in Nagpur in May. Following which, the NTCA had
also provided technical assistance to Madhya Pradesh on the basis of a
request from the state in this regard.
There are six tiger reserves in Madhya
Pradesh — Kanha, Bandhavgarh, Panna, Bori-Satpura, Sanjay-Dubri, and
Pench — which have about 308 big cats, as per a central government
report of 2014. There are an estimated 2,226 tigers in India, it said.
Recently,
the carcasses of 11 lions were found in Gujarat’s Gir forest. The state
government had ordered an inquiry. All the dead lions were found in Gir
(east) division, mainly from Dalkhaniya range in the last few days.
In
related news, the state government had informed the House that over 57
hectares of forest area inside Gujarat’s Gir Wildlife Sanctuary was
under encroachment. While responding to a written query raised by
Congress MLA Mohanlal Vala during the Question Hour, state Forest
Minister Ganpat Vasava had said that 57.53 hectares of land inside the
Gir Sanctuary was under encroachment. Vasava informed that there was no
encroachment in the Gir National Park situated inside the sanctuary.
(With agency inputs)
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