Panel formed to conserve tigers

To conserve tigers in Uttar Pradesh,a state-level steering committee has been formed under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Mayawati.

The 12-member committee will look into various aspects of tiger conservation including areas like prey base for the tiger and its habitat.

The committee will be primarily for tiger conservation. It will look into its protection,conservation,monitoring,internal coordination and providing a better habitat, said B K Patnaik,Chief Wildlife Warden,Uttar Pradesh.

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Adhering to the guidelines of the National Tiger Conservation Authority,the notification for the committee was issued on July 15 under Section 38 U of the Wildlife Protection Act (WPA),1972. The Act was amended in 2006.

The committee includes the state forest minister as the vice-chairman,chief wildlife warden as

member secretary,commissioner (Social Welfare),principal secretaries of the Forest,Home and Panchayati Raj departments,director of Social Welfare,tiger experts from Wildlife Institute of India and field director of the Dudhwa National Park.

Such a committee has already been constituted in other states like Madhya Pradesh,Andhra Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh.

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