Jaisalmer : The Rajasthan High Court Jodhpur, whereas listening to the petition filed for the safety of the National Desert Sanctuary on 11 August 2023, has issued a discover and sought a reply from the state authorities, Jaisalmer Collector and DNP DFO. After this, the court docket has issued a keep order. Advocate Manas Ranchhod Khatri, pleading on behalf of the petitioner Hem Singh Rathore, had introduced a petition for declaring the National Desert Sanctuary Jaisalmer as an eco-sensitive zone below the provisions of the Wildlife Protection Act 1972 and the Environment Protection Act 1986. Along with ordering a keep, the court docket has additionally restricted the federal government.
In the petition, it has been requested earlier than the court docket that the National Desert Sanctuary Jaisalmer is the one park and sanctuary in India, wherein desert wildlife, animals and species are discovered. According to the geographical scenario, there are lots of of species of several types of bugs, amphibians, reptiles, birds and animals, which are actually on the verge of extinction. These embody the state chicken Great Indian Bustard, darkish yellow eagle, shaded eagle, hawk. While arguing, the advocate advised that many species of desert wildlife have been included within the class of Critically Endangered Species in List No. 1 of the Wildlife Protection Act by the Central Government. This additionally consists of the state chicken Great Indian Bustard. If needed steps will not be taken with instant impact to guard it, then this species will develop into extinct sooner or later. Desert wildlife will trigger such injury to the surroundings, which is not going to be attainable to compensate.
Petitioner Hemsingh Rathod (ETV Bharat Jaisalmer)
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Notification issued in 1980 declaring DNP: The notification for publication of National Desert Sanctuary within the gazette was printed by the state authorities on 6 August 1980. In this, 34 villages of Jaisalmer with an space of 1 thousand 946 sq. kilometers and 39 income villages of Barmer with a complete space of 3 thousand 162 sq. kilometers are notified. After the declaration of the sanctuary, a notification was issued on 19-5-1981 to declare an space of about 300 sq. kilometers as National Desert Park. The principal purpose for that is the safety of the state chicken Great Indian Bustard, however the authorities has failed to guard the state chicken Great Indian Bustard and different animal species. In this case, the Supreme Court has declared buffer zone i.e. eco-sensitive zone close to the sanctuary and nationwide park throughout India.
The institute despatched a proposal of 157 km: On 10 September 2018, the Wildlife Institute of India, after surveying the endangered wildlife, despatched a proposal to declare a 157 km eco-sensitive zone, preserving in view the breeding space, flight space, migration and geographical circumstances. The space of the proposed eco-sensitive zone is unfold from Sam, Salkha, Kuchdi, Habur, Mokla, Nachana, Loharki in direction of Ramdevra, which doesn’t embody the Pokhran Field Firing Range. Ignoring this proposal, the federal government has not taken any motion below the stress of rich, politically and commercially highly effective and anti-social environmental parts. At the identical time, the Secretary of the Forest Department, in connivance with the highest officers of the state authorities, issued orders to rethink and cross a brand new proposal. After this, a brand new proposal of a 1 km broad eco-sensitive zone adjoining the present boundary of the sanctuary has been ready, which doesn’t assist in any means for the conservation of wildlife species. The Supreme Court has additionally handed an order on the petition filed by MK Ranjit Singh to type a committee and submit its report back to the court docket.
