Rapid Action Team for Jim Corbett Park
by Vibhou Ganguly
Ramnagar
(Uttarakhand): In order to control the sporadic cases
of poaching and hunting activities, the officials of the
world famous Jim Corbett Park have instituted a Rapid
Action Team as a crack unit of the Forest Department's
Anti-Poaching squad. Apart from nabbing poachers and forest
produce mafia active in the region, this team will control
man-animal conflict and thus protect the wildlife. Although
wildlife authorities are trying their level best to keep
a strict check over the poachers and hunters, the number
of tigers, leopards and elephants are reportedly sliding
down with the passage of time. As such the wildlife authorities
have formed special task force teams to keep a strict
vigilance over the national parks, in order to avoid any
kind of mishap, either to the animals or the habitats
in the vicinity of the jungles.
"Rapid
Action Team is formed to keep a check on the wild animals,
so that they don't transgress into human habitation. And
we also try our level best to keep a strict vigilance
over this place," said Heera Singh Bisht, team leader,
Rapid Action Team, Jim Corbett National Park. The striped
and spotted feline beauties not only face bullets from
the poachers but also have to encounter alludes by villagers
living around the sanctuary. However, now onwards with
the Rapid Action Team in 'action', such occasions of uman-animal
conflict are bound to be kept in check. "We have formed
this team to keep a track of the wild animals. For example,
if any of the wild animals will transgress into any village,
then members of this team can get them back to the park
safely. This team will also keep an agile check over the
movements of poachers and hunters," said D S Rawat, Game
Warden, Jim Corbett National Park. Meanwhile, encouraged
by the initial effective success of the Rapid Action Team,
the Forest Department has planned to enhance its number
and recruit more Rangers. It is also learnt that many
such teams will be formed in other national parks in the
country such as Gir, Kaziranga, Bandipur, Mudumalai, Kanha,
Tadoba, Jaldapara, Sariska and Ranthambore.
-Jan
24, 2009
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