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Government of India
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
02 DEC 2019 4:11PM by PIB Delhi
Tiger corridors in Country

The National Tiger Conservation Authority in collaboration with the Wildlife Institute of India has published a document titled “Connecting Tiger Populations for Long-term Conservation”, which has mapped out 32 major corridors across the country, management interventions for which are operationalised through a Tiger Conservation Plan, mandated under section 38V of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.  The list of macro/landscape level tiger corridors are as under:

 

Sl. No.

Landscape

Corridor

States/ Country

1.

Shivalik Hills & Gangetic Plains

  1. Rajaji-Corbett

Uttarakhand

(ii) Corbett-Dudhwa

Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Nepal

(iii) Dudhwa-Kishanpur-Katerniaghat

Uttar Pradesh, Nepal

2.

Central India & Eastern Ghats

(i) Ranthambhore-Kuno-Madhav

Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan

(ii) Bandhavgarh-Achanakmar

Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh

(iii) Bandhavgarh-Sanjay Dubri-Guru Ghasidas

Madhya Pradesh

(iv) Guru Ghasidas-Palamau-Lawalong

Chhattisgarh & Jharkhand

(v) Kanha-Achanakmar

Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh

(vi) Kanha-Pench

Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra

(vii) Pench-Satpura-Melghat

Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra

(viii) Kanha-Navegaon Nagzira-Tadoba-Indravati

Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh

(ix) Indravati-Udanti Sitanadi-Sunabeda

Chhattisgarh, Odisha

(x) Similipal-Satkosia

Odisha

(xi) Nagarjunasagar-Sri Venkateshwara National Park

Andhra Pradesh

3.

Western Ghats

(i) Sahyadri-Radhanagari-Goa

Maharashtra, Goa

(ii) Dandeli Anshi-Shravathi Valley

Karnataka

(iii) Kudremukh-Bhadra

Karnataka

(iv) Nagarahole-Pusphagiri-Talakavery

Karnataka

(v) Nagarahole-Bandipur-Mudumalai-Wayanad

Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu

(vi) Nagarahole-Mudumalai-Wayanad

Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu

(vii) Parambikulam-Eranikulam-Indira Gandhi

Kerala, Tamil Nadu

(viii) Kalakad Mundanthurai-Periyar

Kerala, Tamil Nadu

4.

North East

(i) Kaziranga-Itanagar WLS

Assam, Arunachal Pradesh

(ii) Kaziranga-Karbi Anglong

Assam

(iii) Kaziranga-Nameri

Assam

(iv) Kaziranga-Orang

Assam

(v) Kaziranga-Papum Pane

Assam

(vi) Manas-Buxa

Assam, West Bengal, Bhutan

(vii) Pakke-Nameri-Sonai Rupai-Manas

Arunachal Pradesh, Assam

(viii) Dibru Saikhowa-D’Ering-Mehaong

Assam, Arunachal Pradesh

(ix) Kamlang-Kane-Tale Valley

Arunachal Pradesh

(x) Buxa-Jaldapara

West Bengal

 Further, a 3 pronged strategy to manage human-tiger negative interactions has been advocated as follows:-

  1. Material and logistical support: Funding support through the ongoing Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Project Tiger, is provided to tiger reserves for acquiring capacity in terms of infrastructure and material, to deal with tigers dispersing out of source areas.  These are solicited by tiger reserves through an Annual Plan of Operation (APO) every year which stems out from an overarching Tiger Conservation Plan (TCP), mandated under Section 38 V of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.  Inter alia, activities such as payment of ex-gratia and compensation, periodic awareness campaigns to sensitize, guide and advise the general populace on man-animal conflict, dissemination of information through various forms of media, procurement of immobilization equipment, drugs, training and capacity building of forest staff to deal with conflict events are generally solicited.

 

  1. Restricting habitat interventions: Based on the carrying capacity of tigers in a tiger reserve, habitat interventions are restricted through an overarching TCP.  In case tiger numbers are at carrying capacity levels, it is advised that habitat interventions should be limited so that there is no excessive spill over of wildlife including tigers thereby minimizing man-animal conflict.  Further, in buffer areas around tiger reserves, habitat interventions are restricted such that they are sub-optimal vis-à-vis the core/critical tiger habitat areas, judicious enough to facilitate dispersal to other rich habitat areas only.

 

  1. Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs): The National Tiger Conservation Authority has issued following three SOPs to deal with man-animal conflict which are available in public domain:
  1. To deal with emergency arising due to straying of tigers in human dominated landscapes
  2. To deal with tiger depredation on livestock
  3. For active management towards rehabilitation of tigers from source areas at the landscape level.

 

The three SOPs inter alia include the issue of managing dispersing tigers, managing livestock kills so as to reduce conflict as well as relocating tigers from source areas to areas where density of tiger is low, so that conflict in rich source areas does not occur.

 

In technical collaboration with the Wildlife Institute of India,  the National Tiger Conservation Authority has also published a document titled ‘Eco-Friendly measures to mitigate impacts of Linear infrastructure on wildlife’ to safeguard these corridors from linear infrastructure development besides sensitizing user agencies which inter alia include Indian Railway Traffic Service Probationers, National Highways Authority of India personnel, Indian Railway Engineers, besides others.

An amount of Rs. 370 crores, Rs. 345 crores and Rs. 350 crores was allocated during the financial years 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 respectively, while an amount of Rs. 350 crores has been allocated for the current financial year under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Project Tiger.  Details of funds released under the ongoing Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Project Tiger, during the last three years and the current year, State-wise, are at Annexure-I.

ANNEXURE-I

 

Funds released under the ongoing Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Project Tiger, during the last three years and the current year, State-wise

S. No.

State

2016-17

 

2017-18

 

2018-19

 

2019-20

(as on 21.11.2019)

 

1.

Andhra Pradesh

173.49

232.49

217.992

114.480

2.

Arunachal Pradesh

597.29

671.0222

929.762

737.080

3.

Assam

1510.93

2309.608

1919.624

2198.760

4.

Bihar

487.84

552.273

570.897

562.840

5.

Chhattisgarh

626.57

1315.076

536.135

358.530

6.

Jharkhand

323.76

338.62

367

172.070

7.

Karnataka

3203.62

2308.846

2267.428

1985.950

8.

Kerala

780.23

636.412

653.03

593.160

9.

Madhya Pradesh

12885.6

11455.457

5343.89

2985.910

10.

Maharashtra

8229.72

6524.165

11049.59

3709.550

11.

Mizoram

301.55

215.316

318.842

0.000

12.

Odisha

917.17

1646.127

1022.322

1303.320

13.

Rajasthan

381.3

773.09

791.83

1164.030

14.

Tamil Nadu

949.87

2551.058

2366.823

1387.700

15.

Telangana

239.26

350.416

1115.65

333.701

16.

Uttarakhand

1023.41

1187.439

685.336

1242.490

17.

Uttar Pradesh

1057.05

820.074

1417.26

1793.960

18.

West  Bengal

536.14

597.5808

719.01

480.280

19.

AIL India Tiger Estimation (AITE) All Tiger Reserve States including Nagaland, Manipur and Goa.

0.00

14.93

24.8625

0.00

Total

34224.80

34500.00

32317.284

21123.811

(Rs. in Lakhs)

 

This information was provided by Minister of State, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Shri Babul Supriyo in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

 

 

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