ITANAGAR, Sep 27: Chief Minister Pema Khandu has said that conservation should not necessarily mean protecting forests and wildlife but also taking into account the aspect of improving lives of the people living around them.  
Speaking during a review meeting with senior officers of the Forest Department today, Chief Minister said the department should shed away its image of a stumbling block to development and should come up with innovative solutions to strike a balance between environment sustainability and economic growth, besides maintaining that forest conservation should always be on priority. Urging to be proactive, he said it must start taking leadership roles in sensitizing the people towards conservation and opined that any conservation related to tourism festivals in the state must be taken over by Forest Department. He instructed the department to submit proposals for centrally sponsored afforestation schemes on time from district level adding that this year’s fund for CAMPA has been distributed all over the state unlike earlier times when they were limited only to certain areas and on avenue plantations.  
While urging the department to change its work style and move towards transparency, accountability and efficiency, CM exhorted the officers to work hard to bring back its lost glory. Further, he lamented that despite funding from the Centre for recruitment of Special Tiger Protection Force in the state, department hasn’t been able to utilize the opportunity and expressed the need for pursuing the matter urgently. CMO

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