Uttarakhand State Wildlife Board decides to give land rights to displaced people of Corbett region
In the meeting of the Uttarakhand State Wildlife Board, huge relief was given to the displaced persons of Corbett National Park, who were waiting for land rights for the last three years. The board has decided to give land rights to the affected people of the villages displaced from the park. With this, it has also been decided to create an executive committee to overcome the difficulties in the construction of Kandi road connecting Garhwal and Kumaon.
Giving information about the board meeting held in the Secretariat on Friday, Chief Minister Trivendra Rawat said that people resettled from the National Park will be given landrights at other place. This will be especially beneficial to the people of villages such as Lalgarh, Dhar, Zerna and Kotri. It was decided to pass this proposal to the cabinet. Forest Minister Dr. Harak Singh Rawat said that the board has agreed unanimously on the WII survey. Along with this, a committee will be constituted under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary to overcome the difficulties in making this road.
This committee will pass the final report of the survey and send a proposal to the National Wildlife Board. The eco-tourism board has been authorized to remove any legal obstruction in it. He said that in the meeting, it has been decided to construct an elephant wall in the buffer zone of National Park. Rajaji’s buffer zone has many problems due to the limitations of Rishikesh, Haridwar and Dehradun. Looking at it, it will be demarcated again. A state-level foundation will be set up in the meeting for the income from Jim Corbett and Rajaji National Park. Different sub-foundation will be created for all the parks.
It was decided in the meeting that all the income from these will now be spent only for the national park. So far, 20% of the income from the park was spent in the maintenance of the park. It was also decided in the meeting that 20% of the total income from the park will now be used to develop infrastructure facilities in villages surrounding the park.
Significantly, there are about nine crore rupees from Corbett Park and one crore earnings from Rajaji. In the meeting, more than 30 cases of mining were sanctioned in the reserve forest area, construction of the line of OFC, road construction within 10 km radius of the park area were approved. In the meeting of State Butterfly Status for Common Peacock, the Government announced the State Butterfly as State Flower, State Animal, State Tree and State Bird.
It was decided to Common Peacock (Papilio polyctor) found in the Himalayan region as a state butterfly. In order to ensure the participation of people in the forest management, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat told the need of local people to help in the management of forests. He said that their participation in the management of forests should be ensured. He also instructed the Wildlife Board to conduct the meeting every six months. He said that before placing it in the meeting, it should also be seen that what are the possible benefits and disadvantages in this matter.
