Village relocated as Sariska prepares for big cats
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Alwar (Rajasthan), Oct 17 - A village from the Sariska tiger reserve in Rajasthan was relocated Wednesday as part of the plan to secure the habitat for big cats ahead of their reintroduction.Bhagani village in Tehla forest range in the heart of the reserve was relocated to an alternative site near Behor in Alwar district, about 100 km from Sariska.Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), an NGO helping the forest department to relocate this village, handed over bank drafts of compensation to 18 families who have been relocated.After tigers in the reserve were wiped out two years ago, the central government decided to reintroduce them, provided the state government created a revived and ecologically secure habitat.The Tiger Task Force in the ministry of environment and forests had recommended relocation of four villages in a time-bound plan in view of the serious threat it posed to wildlife.While there are 11 villages in the core area inside the reserve, four of them were selected on a priority basis for relocation by the state's forest department.The remaining three villages would be relocated later, Soma Shekar, field director for Sariska, told IANS over phone.'The negotiations are on for the relocation of the second village. The government has provided adequate financial resources for its relocation to a place near Moujpur in Alwar district,' he said.'The remaining two villages will be moved in the next phase,' he added.'This success has boosted the ongoing efforts of the forest department for relocating the villages and will ultimately help in the reintroduction of tigers in Sariska,' WTI vice chairman Ashok Kumar, who handed over the cheques to the families, said from Behor.'Big cats would face threats in Sariska unless the villages are moved. The angry villagers whose cattle or members of family were predated by tigers would be more than happy to get rid of them,' said advocate Mahendra Singh Kachawa, who had earlier teamed up with the prosecution in a case against notorious wildlife trader Sansar Chand, currently lodged in a Rajasthan jail.'Earlier, a poacher called Balwan had confessed to obtaining two tiger skins from here. And why not? For a petty sum of Rs.5,000, people are ready to kill them. During interrogation he said he had to pay Rs.10,000 to someone and therefore he poached two tigers,' Kachawa added. (c) Indo-Asian News Service
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