New Delhi, Apr 20 (PTI) Worried over the dwindling big cat population, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has written to chief ministers of states with tiger ranges to declare buffer areas around the animal's habitat and expedite relocation of villages in national parks.
The Prime Minister's letter has come after conservationists at a recently-held meeting of the National Board of Wildlife, chaired by him, complained of the states' laxity in reducing human-tiger conflicts that often lead to the death of big cats, a senior environment ministry official said.
Singh, in his letter, has asked Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank to regulate growing tourism around Corbett Tiger Reserve while telling the Maharashtra government to quickly expedite the process of notifying the buffer areas around all its tiger sanctuaries.
http://www.ptinews.com/news/617472_PM-to-tiger-range-states--Protect-big-cats
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