Tension over relocation at Melghat sanctuary
Tension over relocation at Melghat sanctuary
there is tension brewing in three villages in Maharashtra's Melghat Sanctuary over rehabilitation measures. The sanctuary, within the Melghat Tiger Reserve, is being freed of people to protect forests and to check declining tiger population. There is a debate over the rehabilitation package with ngos claiming it does not follow procedures and forest officials denying the allegations. The impetus for relocating the three villages
Publication Date:
14/07/2007