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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