The National Tiger Conservation Authority in collaboration with the Wildlife Institute of India has published a document titled “Connecting Tiger Populations for Long-term Conservation”, which has mapped out 32 major corridors across the country, management interventions for which are operationalised through a Tiger Conservation Plan, mandated under section 38V of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. The list of macro/landscape level tiger corridors are as under:
Sl. No.
Landscape
Corridor
States/ Country
1.
Shivalik Hills & Gangetic Plains
Uttarakhand
(ii) Corbett-Dudhwa
Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Nepal
(iii) Dudhwa-Kishanpur-Katerniaghat
Uttar Pradesh, Nepal
2.
Central India & Eastern Ghats
(i) Ranthambhore-Kuno-Madhav
Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan
(ii) Bandhavgarh-Achanakmar
Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh
(iii) Bandhavgarh-Sanjay Dubri-Guru Ghasidas
Madhya Pradesh
(iv) Guru Ghasidas-Palamau-Lawalong
Chhattisgarh & Jharkhand
(v) Kanha-Achanakmar
Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh
(vi) Kanha-Pench
Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra
(vii) Pench-Satpura-Melghat
Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra
(viii) Kanha-Navegaon Nagzira-Tadoba-Indravati
Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh
(ix) Indravati-Udanti Sitanadi-Sunabeda
Chhattisgarh, Odisha
(x) Similipal-Satkosia
Odisha
(xi) Nagarjunasagar-Sri Venkateshwara National Park
Andhra Pradesh
3.
Western Ghats
(i) Sahyadri-Radhanagari-Goa
Maharashtra, Goa
(ii) Dandeli Anshi-Shravathi Valley
Karnataka
(iii) Kudremukh-Bhadra
Karnataka
(iv) Nagarahole-Pusphagiri-Talakavery
Karnataka
(v) Nagarahole-Bandipur-Mudumalai-Wayanad
Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
(vi) Nagarahole-Mudumalai-Wayanad
Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
(vii) Parambikulam-Eranikulam-Indira Gandhi
Kerala, Tamil Nadu
(viii) Kalakad Mundanthurai-Periyar
Kerala, Tamil Nadu
4.
North East
(i) Kaziranga-Itanagar WLS
Assam, Arunachal Pradesh
(ii) Kaziranga-Karbi Anglong
Assam
(iii) Kaziranga-Nameri
Assam
(iv) Kaziranga-Orang
Assam
(v) Kaziranga-Papum Pane
Assam
(vi) Manas-Buxa
Assam, West Bengal, Bhutan
(vii) Pakke-Nameri-Sonai Rupai-Manas
Arunachal Pradesh, Assam
(viii) Dibru Saikhowa-D’Ering-Mehaong
Assam, Arunachal Pradesh
(ix) Kamlang-Kane-Tale Valley
Arunachal Pradesh
(x) Buxa-Jaldapara
West Bengal
Further, a 3 pronged strategy to manage human-tiger negative interactions has been advocated as follows:-
The three SOPs inter alia include the issue of managing dispersing tigers, managing livestock kills so as to reduce conflict as well as relocating tigers from source areas to areas where density of tiger is low, so that conflict in rich source areas does not occur.
In technical collaboration with the Wildlife Institute of India, the National Tiger Conservation Authority has also published a document titled ‘Eco-Friendly measures to mitigate impacts of Linear infrastructure on wildlife’ to safeguard these corridors from linear infrastructure development besides sensitizing user agencies which inter alia include Indian Railway Traffic Service Probationers, National Highways Authority of India personnel, Indian Railway Engineers, besides others.
An amount of Rs. 370 crores, Rs. 345 crores and Rs. 350 crores was allocated during the financial years 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 respectively, while an amount of Rs. 350 crores has been allocated for the current financial year under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Project Tiger. Details of funds released under the ongoing Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Project Tiger, during the last three years and the current year, State-wise, are at Annexure-I.
ANNEXURE-I
Funds released under the ongoing Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Project Tiger, during the last three years and the current year, State-wise
S. No.
State
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
(as on 21.11.2019)
1.
Andhra Pradesh
173.49
232.49
217.992
114.480
2.
Arunachal Pradesh
597.29
671.0222
929.762
737.080
3.
Assam
1510.93
2309.608
1919.624
2198.760
4.
Bihar
487.84
552.273
570.897
562.840
5.
Chhattisgarh
626.57
1315.076
536.135
358.530
6.
Jharkhand
323.76
338.62
367
172.070
7.
Karnataka
3203.62
2308.846
2267.428
1985.950
8.
Kerala
780.23
636.412
653.03
593.160
9.
Madhya Pradesh
12885.6
11455.457
5343.89
2985.910
10.
Maharashtra
8229.72
6524.165
11049.59
3709.550
11.
Mizoram
301.55
215.316
318.842
0.000
12.
Odisha
917.17
1646.127
1022.322
1303.320
13.
Rajasthan
381.3
773.09
791.83
1164.030
14.
Tamil Nadu
949.87
2551.058
2366.823
1387.700
15.
Telangana
239.26
350.416
1115.65
333.701
16.
Uttarakhand
1023.41
1187.439
685.336
1242.490
17.
Uttar Pradesh
1057.05
820.074
1417.26
1793.960
18.
West Bengal
536.14
597.5808
719.01
480.280
19.
AIL India Tiger Estimation (AITE) All Tiger Reserve States including Nagaland, Manipur and Goa.
0.00
14.93
24.8625
0.00
Total
34224.80
34500.00
32317.284
21123.811
(Rs. in Lakhs)
This information was provided by Minister of State, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Shri Babul Supriyo in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
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