JUS SHARING SOME FACTS BACKED BY APPROX DATAS THAT WHY WE CANT IGNORE
THE THEME OF 2012 MOVIE..NJOY
COAL OR FOREST:
Chattisgarh posseses of about 40% forest area in india we knew d way natural minerals were being illegally mined whch made d whole
State go low on natural resources, but now even the animal kingdom and forest are being vandalized. Top stalwarts of dis state are so brutally
Mning coal,iron-ore and diamonds along wd d smugglers n private firms has made the forest area into a barren land whch cud take ur view even till
D horizon.animals no more have their shelters in forests any more and now they r heading towards d urban population. See wat was governments
Reaction in state assembly on this,”the forest area has declined to a mere 1.10% hectares”. Now it’s a rare luck to hear d tigers roar n wild elephants vented
D anger of loosing their shelters by taking toll of 76 people. Allotment of coal mines r for sure talked about in headlines but wat about the interruption caused in mines and natural resources ?? thr are very few ppl concerned abt the encroachment of forests whch gives shelter to d rich flora n fauna chattisgarh is known for.according to cag reports the allotment of two coal blocks in surajpur district town of bhatgaon, d state will record a loss of 105.20 crores in d future. Coal blocks in d state are allotted to rajyasabha MP ajay sancheti owned company SMS INFASTRUCTURE AND SOLAR EXPLOSIVES jointly.one of d blocks has been granted at d rate of rs 552 per metric tones n another only at rs 129.60 per metric tone.according to d reports of “geological survey of india” d company will boast of a total production of 366.82 lacs tone of high quality coal stretched in an 12.43 sq. km area.
Cag agrees that d loss to state exchequer by the mining of coal for 32 years wud be 1053 crores.some environmentalist adds that dis loss doesn’t account the loss faced by the animals n forests during mining.chairman of chattisgarh mineral development board mr. gaurishankar agrawwal agrees dat if mining starts in coal blocks bhatgaon then it wud be a huge challenge for us to save the river .however he also points out that the datas shown by cag is based on some forecastings and not actual data.
Illegal mining has no doubt badly affected d environment but bastar,sarguja and raigarh have been severely n maximum affected by this.some stalwarts like jindals,Nalco and balco has badly caused severe damage to environments here.due to dis thng only animals have started moving towards the urban population.specially wild elephants have caused panic among villagers.recently a group of few wild elephants attacked palkhori village near jashpur at night n killed two villagers who were sleeping in open and attyms the also damage the crops.
In its response in state assembly d forest department accepted d fact dat they have disbursed around 8 crores as relief fund among 110 people. It also includes those dead which accounts to 76. Environmentalist dr. neelesh singh agrees dat in d hunt for minerals n deforestation has caused severe damage to the flora n fauna found here.now they r either hunted down by the shooters or d villagers in self defense. In and around dis area only a group of fifty wild elephants which crossed over from the Jharkhand border are wandering around and shooters have kept a vigil on them n waiting for d right opportunity.
Miners completely removed d forests illegally and now it’s the poachers who r gearing up to kill d wild life here. Till 2000 the population of tigers were estimated to 40 in chattisgarh but in last ten years it’s a rare sight now.last year the forst department went for a search operation and cudnt find even a single tiger. Forget tigers, now d wild buffalo considered as state animal is hardly to spot. A drive to save wild buffaloes whch was introduced by forest department has completely flopped and d official count is not even in double digits, its only eight in number.village barnoda in dhamtari district was recently in news were four poachers were arrested wid d skin of twelve horns deer, a rare specie now.police around dat time only seized leopard’s skin from
A student travelling by bus near village kanker. It was poachers held responsible for killing one leopard in kasdol and one elephant in dharamjaygarh area.
Central government recently sanctioned the RAOGHAT project.according to this project around 95 kms of railway track is to be laid between daleerajahra and bastar which is alwaz in news for naxal activities.this project is going to cost the government around 2500 crores.
We all know wats d share of chattisgarh in india ahen it comes to natural resources and minerals.just coz of dis the company who has get the tender for laying down d railway track here has started making a dent in the available natural resources along wid the mining mafia n smugglers already active in d region from decades.their excuse is of clearing d land for d tracks and behind dis curtain they are wd full flow mining illegally. If u ever get a chance to go across this region then u can easily witness thousands of trucks loaded with iron ore minerals but forest department n police have given them protection all round d clock.
The oldest daleerajhara mines which boasts of the central governments raoghat project site is full wid BSP n CISF commandos but right under their nose it’s a common sight were d ppl are cutting the green trees I nand around the rajhara mines filter house in konkan region. Few months back the BSP under the panaabaras project were cutting n cleaning the area densed by nilgiri trees n adding to that they even promised and took oath to compensate this forest loss by planting double the number of trees to check the environmental balance.but as they say, “PROMISES ARE MADE TO BE BROKEN
by :VEER ABHIMANYU
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