Absence of trained manpower, a major setback for protection of wildlife at Nauradehi Sanctuary
   Date :07-Apr-2020

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By Ashish Rajput :
 
The sanctuary is being projected to be a new tiger habitat in the central India but unregulated human interference and mafia activities put the life of wild animals and forest on risk at Nauradehi 
 
Absence of experienced and trained manpower proved a major setback for protection of forest and wildlife at Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary. The sanctuary is being projected to be a new tiger habitat in the central India but unregulated human interference and mafia activities put the life of wild animals and forest on risk at Nauradehi. Nauradehi is being developed as translocation of as a pair of big cats, more than 1,000 spotted deer and two elephants were carried out.
 
Tigers have successfully marked their territories and born three cubs which are reported to be survived at their new territory. On the other hand, illegal felling of trees and unwanted presence of anti-social elements at the sanctuary is vulnerable to untoward anti-wildlife and anti-forest activities. A senior officer of Forest Department, wishing not to be named, informed that increasing wildlife activities at Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary is a good sign to develop a new tiger reserve in the central India. Since the translocation of wild animals was carried out the department need to ensure availability of trained forest staff and neutralise anti-forest activities at the sanctuary. Available staff at Nauradehi is inefficient to tackle the threat to wild animals.
 
Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary is all set to introduce more wild animals but their security should be on top priority for the competent authorities. There is also a need to develop infrastructure to approach isolated areas in the sanctuary for better monitoring of wildlife activities and countering activities of mafia. Sanctuary is a treasure of flora and fauna covering a big area of 1197.04 square kilometres spread in three districts Sagar (52-kms), Damoh, Narsinghpur (100-kms) and Jabalpur (100-kms) which is divided into six ranges namely Mohli, Singhpur, Jhapan, Sarra, Dongargaon and Nauradehi. Enriched ecology has two main rivers in the sanctuary named Bamner flows about 38-kms inside the sanctuary and the other perennial river Biarma, which flows in the North of the sanctuary.