Union seeks clarification on boundaries of wildlife sanctuary

 

Maksam Tayeng

PASIGHAT, Mar 24: 

 

Raising serious concern over non existence of proper boundary demarcation between D. Ering Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary and villages like Borguli, Seram, Namsing etc on the left bank of Siang river and the Sanctuary, the Adi Students’ Union submitted a petition to DC Pasighat on Friday seeking detail map and documents related to the boundaries.

 

 

AdiSU led by President, Nang Gao in its petition said that, the DEWS authority/wildlife department has encroached the village land ‘Jopong’ of Borguli village without any public hearing. AdiSU maintained that the Jopong part of the DEWS is a part of the village where people used to cultivate cash crops in the past and from where required items for house construction are still collected.   

 

However, Chairman of the issue, Kaling Tayeng said that, AdiSU is neither against the Wildlife Sanctuary nor against the renaming of nomenclature from erstwhile Lali Forest Reserve to D. Ering Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary. “But we are against the D. Ering Wildlife Division, Pasighat for encroaching the village lands of Borguli, Seram, Namsing, Kiyit, Kongkul, Gadum, Mer etc under Mebo Sub-Division”, added Tayeng.

 

During the extension of Lali Reserve Forest to D. Ering WL Sanctuary in 1978, no public hearing was conducted and the fertile lands of Borguli village at ‘Jopong’ was encroached and till today the villagers are not given proper boundary demarcation as the river course of Siang is constantly changing towards left bank side after Chinese flood of the year 2000, the union added.

 

DC T Tatak has instructed EAC Development to write to DFO Wildlife to furnish the required details to the AdiSU. When DFO Wildlife T. Taga was contacted, he said that, D. Ering Wildlife Sanctuary boundary is properly demarcated since 1978 which is about 40 years ago. “The Jopong area as quoted by AdiSU comes under Borguli Range of our Wildlife Division and it’s our moral and official duty to protect the Sanctuary which is not only a big asset for East Siang, but for whole of the state”, added Taga.

 

Taga, on the part of the government has also appealed the villagers and intellectuals of the fringe areas to protect and preserve the rich flora & fauna of the DEWS which is being safeguarded by the government for the future generation as most of the wildlife and forest resources have already been destroyed to large extent outside the Sanctuary.

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Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
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