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 |
|
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 |
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(iii) Kudremukh-Bhadra |
Karnataka |
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(iv) Nagarahole-Pusphagiri-Talakavery |
Karnataka |
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(v) Nagarahole-Bandipur-Mudumalai-Wayanad |
Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu |
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(vi) Nagarahole-Mudumalai-Wayanad |
Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu |
||
(vii) Parambikulam-Eranikulam-Indira Gandhi |
Kerala, Tamil Nadu |
||
(viii) Kalakad Mundanthurai-Periyar |
Kerala, Tamil Nadu |
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4. |
North East |
(i) Kaziranga-Itanagar WLS |
Assam, Arunachal Pradesh |
(ii) Kaziranga-Karbi Anglong |
Assam |
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(iii) Kaziranga-Nameri |
Assam |
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(iv) Kaziranga-Orang |
Assam |
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(v) Kaziranga-Papum Pane |
Assam |
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(vi) Manas-Buxa |
Assam, West Bengal, Bhutan |
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(vii) Pakke-Nameri-Sonai Rupai-Manas |
Arunachal Pradesh, Assam |
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(viii) Dibru Saikhowa-D’Ering-Mehaong |
Assam, Arunachal Pradesh |
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(ix) Kamlang-Kane-Tale Valley |
Arunachal Pradesh |
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(x) Buxa-Jaldapara |
West Bengal |
Further, a 3 pronged strategy to manage human-tiger negative interactions has been advocated as follows:-
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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