Tiger situation in Mahrashtra 'grim'

27 May, 2009

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Tiger situation in Mahrashtra 'grim'

Nagpur, May 27:

Concerned over the deteriorating situation in the Chandrapur forests, where a number of tigers are reported to have disappeared, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has written to Mahararashtra Chief Secretary Johny Joseph citing a letter by B Majumdar, former Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCCF), Wildlife seeking his intervention in the ‘grim situation’.

Majumdar, who quit the post recently to join the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal as its executive member, had written a letter to M B Lal, Additional Director General of Forests, Ministry of Environment and Forests, on May 5, admitting to the possibility of inter-state poachers’ gangs being active in Chandrapur forests.

Majumdar also said that the state wildlife machinery won’t be able to tackle the crisis alone and had said National Wildlife Crime Bureau should help in the matter. “Maharashtra Forest Department will be pleased to extend whatever cooperation the Bureau may require,” Majumdar had said.