Making it clear that there would be no let up in efforts to save tigers, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) to file a status report on the states that have submitted conservation plans for approval following a direction last year.“We have assumed jurisdiction on behalf of tigers as nobody is interested in them,” a bench of Justice AK Patnaik and Justice MY Eqbal said. The court asked Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising to file a status report on which state governments had complied with its October 16, 2012, directions for preparing a tiger conservation plan (TCP) for the NTCA’s approval. By the order, the court, while lifting ban on tourism-related activities in core areas of tiger reserves, had asked the concerned state governments to prepare conservation plans within six months. As some applicants wanted to make submission in respect of the guidelines issued by the NTCA Oct 15, 2012, Justice Patnaik then said that anyone who is aggrieved by the said guidelines can move the court challenging them. #LeaveMeAlone
Posted on: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 09:10:42 +0000
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