BHUBANESWAR: The state government on Thursday asked the Centre to train youths recruited for the special tiger protection force ( STPF) at Similipal, at CRPF or BSF bases.
At a meeting with Union environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh in New Delhi, state forest and environment minister Debi Prasad Mishra also requested him to release Rs 10 crore for Similipal Biosphere Reserve. The Union minister agreed to do so within July.
Earlier, the state government had submitted a Management Action Plan for the Similipal Biosphere Reserve under the Central Plan scheme. Mishra also sought Rs170 crore more under the CAMPA fund stating that the state has already utilized a substantive part of it. Ramesh promised to release the money in July. The state minister took up proposals for conservation of wetlands like Daha, Kanjia, Kuanria and Ansupa, beside the mangroves of Bhitarkanika with Ramesh.
He discussed the establishment of National Wetlands Development and Eco System Research and Training Centre at Bhubaneswar for which Ramesh said Rs 10 crore has already been approved. Mishra told Ramesh that coal washeries had been causing lot of pollution in the state and suggested the MoEF review the condition. Among other issues discussed included removal of dry bamboo from Satkosia Tiger Reserve and sanction of 5,000 eco-clubs for the state. Ramesh said he has plans to visit Similipal in the first week of July.
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