Patrolling and anti-poaching activities in contiguous tiger reserves in Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu will be intensified with greater coordination among forest department personnel in these areas.
This was decided at a meeting of senior officials and field staff from Bandipur, Nagarhole, BRT, Mudumalai, Satyamangalam and Wayanad tiger reserves besides representatives of the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary at Chandzanagar.
The outcome of the meeting is significant because it is recognized as the world’s largest tiger habitat that spans three states and supports about 700 tigers in the wild.
Intelligence gathering mechanisms will be put forward for greater efficacy to curb poaching and other illegal activities in the area and information will be shared among field staff.
With more coordination and information sharing, anti-poaching activities will get a thrust and be more effective. In the past, poachers went on strike in one area of the state and moved to another area, taking advantage of the lack of coordination among the forest staff. It has been decided to intensify joint patrolling operations with forest borders spread across three states.
Bandipur in Karnataka shares a border with Mudumali in Tamil Nadu while Nagarhole shares a border with Wayanad in Kerala. The Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary abolished the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve and was in this part of the landscape (Cauvery-Sathyamangalam) where hunters had to flee freely due to no patrolling.
The meeting decided to conduct a special operation or an expedition for the employees of the three states and was suspected of harboring wildlife derivatives and poachers who were working in these areas and strengthening the preservation of forests and wildlife. . It will seize weapons without a license and resolve it in the meeting to keep it in the possession of people living in villages bordering forest area spread across three states, destroy and seize such weapons including guns without a license. went.
SR Natesh, Director, Bandipur Tiger Reserve, said that a meeting of senior officials would take place once in two months at the triangular junction – where the boundaries of Bandipur, Nagarhole and Wayanad meet – to review their activities and progress. In addition, field workers from the three states where the forest dwellers will support each other in firefighting operations, he said.
Vijai Kumar Gogi, PCCF (Wildlife), Karnataka; NS Murali, IG One, NTCA (South); Nihar Ranjan, Chief Conservator of Forests, Satyamangalam; KK Kaushal, Field Director, Project Tiger, Mudumalai; Manoj Kumar, Chief Conservator of Forests, Chamarajanagar Circle; The meeting was attended by officials from the three states and employees from other regions.
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