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| A sambar in the extremely dry Moyar part of the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve near Udhagamandalam |
The situation has become a cause for concern to the Forest Department
The situation here at Mudumalai Tiger
Reserve has become a prime cause for concern to the Forest Department. Exceptional
drought is keeping the Forest
Departments officials very busy in this Reserve near here. Enquires made by the Hindu revealed that only certain sub areas will be affected during the dry months, but the recent year the case is going to be worse as the entire Reserve extending to over 321 sq km is going to suffer.
Departments officials very busy in this Reserve near here. Enquires made by the Hindu revealed that only certain sub areas will be affected during the dry months, but the recent year the case is going to be worse as the entire Reserve extending to over 321 sq km is going to suffer.
Migration
The
bearings have become a cause for affair to the Forest Department and
environmentalists as the conditions could activate a beginning of bushfires.
Migration of animals in seek of baptize and beginning frondescence has begun. P.J.Vasanthan
a conservationist said that he was seeing this Tiger Reserve in such a worse
condition for the very first time.
He also added that some animals as he had seen there were very clearly withered. Many animals from the Moyar allotment of the Reserve are coming to the channel to quench their thirst which flows from Maravakandy to the Moyar Dam.
He also pointed out that sighting of animals in the area has become frequent, regretting that the dishonest tour operators were exploiting the situations, due to this the animals are getting disturbed also.
He also added that some animals as he had seen there were very clearly withered. Many animals from the Moyar allotment of the Reserve are coming to the channel to quench their thirst which flows from Maravakandy to the Moyar Dam.
He also pointed out that sighting of animals in the area has become frequent, regretting that the dishonest tour operators were exploiting the situations, due to this the animals are getting disturbed also.
The
current weather conditions have made the environs intensely dry and leafless. Since
the bearings in the Sigur and Gudalur forests abutting the MTR was as well
appropriately bad, the human-wild beastly battle has escalated and instances of
elephants damaging houses are getting frequently reported.
This year even perennial water sources have
dried up says A. Ameer Haja, in regard to this and to prevail such situation a
plan of action to deal with any demand has put in place.
Officials, including 100 blaze watchers, have been instructed to be in a state of active round the clock. Since the necessary areas forth the road which cuts through the assets are awful accessible to bushfires, highway patrol has been intensified.
Officials, including 100 blaze watchers, have been instructed to be in a state of active round the clock. Since the necessary areas forth the road which cuts through the assets are awful accessible to bushfires, highway patrol has been intensified.
Five
cars accept been assuredly stationed in the Theppakadu, Kargudi, Masinagudy,
Mudumalai and Nellakotai ranges of the Reserve to accredit the officials to
acknowledge bound to emergencies.
Water
tankers have as well been stationed at acceptable places. In accession to the fire
fighting accessories in the MTR, appropriate tools to control fires have been
acquired from Kerala.
Fire
curve have been extended. In February, four bushfires had torn out but all of
them had been put out before they could cause abundant damage.
