For over five years, Maharashtra government sitting over Bor and Nagzira unified control plan

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2 years ago

Even as tigers are crying for space and better wildlife management in the areas surrounding the reserves, the is sitting over proposals to hand over administrative (unified) control of Bor and Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve (NNTR) to the wildlife wing.

Notifying the buffer zone around Tiger Reserves is mandatory under the Tiger Conservation Plan (TCP) after amendments to the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, on

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September 4, 2006.

The 661 sqkm buffer zone of Bor and 1,241 sqkm of NNTR was notified in December 2015 and September 2016 respectively but even after 5-6 years, it has not been brought under the unified control of tiger reserves. Buffer zones of Melghat, Pench and Tadoba have been under the administrative control of the tiger reserve.