PIL Urges Gujarat High Court to Direct a Clean-Cut Policy on Wildlife
As the human-wildlife conflict rose in Gir National Park, Gujarat, wildlife activists have urged Gujarat High Court to direct a clean-cut policy. A retired IFS officer was the key person for this activity as he convinced other wildlife activists to appeal for the clean-cut policy. Besides this polity, the Gujarat High Court also ordered to prepare a new management plan.
The retired IFS officer, DM Naik, had filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in August 2020 along with Mayank Bhatt, a wildlife activist, and Ramesh Raval, a retired teacher. Then the court sent notices to the respondent in September 2020. And the forest department officials were included there. However, the court has not filed any affidavit yet.
The key agenda of the petition was to protect local villagers and even tourists. The local villagers have witnessed many incidents where the wild animals are moving out from the Gir Forest. It has become hard for tourists to enter the surrounding of this national park when making a Gir Safari Booking. Even when they want to stay in the local villages of this forest, they are feeling unsafe.
As the number of lions has been increased, it had become an essential task to take advanced strategist to protect locals as we as tourists in the Gir National Park. DM Naik arranged the PIL to urge the high court of Gujarat for this. They proposed that the area apart from declared sanctuaries and national park areas must be protected. read more
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