High-level team takes stock of Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary

The Pioneer , Friday, December 12, 2008
Correspondent : Pioneer News Service | Ranchi
A three-member team appointed by the Forest and Environment Ministry on Thursday visited the Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary to take stock of arrangements to protect lives of elephants and other species on the verge of extinction due to poaching.

The high-level team is headed by SK Dey, retired Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (West Bengal). One member D Srivastava, who is the retired professor of Daltongunj College, hails from Jharkhand. The third person is the retired senior forest official from Madhya Pradesh.

As per the scheduled plan of the visiting team, its members are on a two-day tour to monitor various aspects of the sanctuary, including utilisation of funds. Their principal objective is to monitor measures taken to protect the lives of tuskers, assessing condition of water in water holes and natural corridors for elephants, by the Forest and Environment department.

This year the Forest and Environment Ministry has identified the Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary in Jharkhand to assess the arrangements made to protect fauna and flora of the sanctuary. Every year the Union Government gives financial package worth crores to the sanctuary.

Conservator of Forest (Wildlife and Biodiversity) Shashi Nandkeolyar, who also visited the sanctuary along with the team, said the three-member team visited different parts of the Dalma to assess local management.

"They quizzed the staff about the safety measures initiated to protect elephants and other wildlives staying in the sanctuary," he added.

Nandkeolyar explained that the team will put up its report before the Forest and Environment Ministry about the measures taken to protect elephants in the sanctuary.

"The three-member team will also chart out recommendations to be adopted by the local management of the forest department for the benefits of elephants and other wildlives," he added.

Divisional Forest Officer of the Sanctuary Siddarth Tripathy and other local officials were present to explain the three-member team about the infrastructure, special projects designed to promote breeding among the female elephants etc., and other related facilities available in the sanctuary.

 
SOURCE : Friday, 12 December 2008
 


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