For the better management of the Dudhwa Tiger
Reserve, Uttar Pradesh government sought Rs 15crore from the Center.
Uttar Pradesh forest department sought this amount to upgrade the
protection mechanism and management of the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve. The
top priorities of the department is develop a strong security force
in the reserve area.
According to the Uttar Pradesh (U.P) government the
fund money is used for tiger protection, repair roads, bridge,
install hi-tech camera traps and improve communication network within
the reserves.
Rupak De, PCCF (wildlife) said,”we are hopeful to
get 10-12crors Indian rupee from the Center.”
At present the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve is guarded by 150
private security guards and according to the Officials staff there
are at least 90 to 100 security men required in the reserve area at a
time. For the Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF), the department
will hold the meeting on 8 August 2012, to plan to deploy STPF in
Uttar Pradesh protected area.
The Dudhwa Tiger Reserve is represent Dudhwa National
Park was declared in 1977 and the area of this national Park is 680
sq km. The Kishenpur Sanctuary and Katarnighat Wildlife Sanctuary was
declared a Wildlife Sanctuary in 1972 and 1975 which covers the
Kishanpur 204 sq km and 440 sq km area respectively.
Armed and UN-armed men are comprises by the private
staff and the forest department gives the 6000 Indian rupee per month
to the armed security men and 4000 Indian rupee per month for the
UN-armed security men.
According to the department, for the Special Tiger
Protection Force (STPF), might not increase the number of private
guards, but may make them better equipped and also take help from
various NGOs for equipments and vehicles.
For the Tiger protection force, idea is setting up by
the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on November 5, 2007. Along with
Dudhwa, 16 tiger reserves in Karnataka, Assam, Tamil Nadu, MP,
Odisha, Uttarakhand and Bihar, was also nominated to be manned by the
special task force to accord protection to the dwindling population
of the tigers.
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