{"id":108895,"date":"2024-05-18T21:38:26","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T16:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/?post_type=current-affairs&#038;p=108895"},"modified":"2025-02-13T11:29:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T05:59:23","slug":"sariska-tiger-reserve","status":"publish","type":"current-affairs","link":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/current-affairs\/sariska-tiger-reserve","title":{"rendered":"Sariska Tiger Reserve Awaits Transfer of Over 60% Land"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The official documents reveal that <\/span><b>almost 60.5% of the total Sariska Tiger Reserve land has not been transferred to the forest department yet.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Land Ownership Issues Plague Sariska Tiger Reserve, Prompting Concerns for Wildlife Habitat<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sariska Tiger Reserve was <\/span><b>allotted a total 88,111.2 hectares\u00a0 in 1978<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but the forest department still has not been handed ownership of 53,308.96 hectares due to pending mutation processes by the revenue department.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Current Status: Of the 53308 hectares a<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">waiting mutation process, required for the transfer of land ownerships,<\/span><b> approximately 41,239 hectares is in STR and\u00a0 2,096 hectares in the Alwar range.\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, about <\/span><b>10,000 hectares of land are still not surveyed<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and are in process.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Impact:\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Illegal Allocation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The unclear land Rights encourages <\/span><b>illegal allocation of land within the tiger reserve and its surrounding areas.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>NGT has also notified the CBI for investigation <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to check for illegal allocation of forest land<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Exploited and Encroached: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Proliferation of colonies, hotels, encroachments, and industrial areas in this region is seen.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Severe Environmental Damage:<\/b> <b>Illegal mining and hotel construction<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s are rampant in the region affecting the ecosystem of the park.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Non forestry activities: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to the absence of clear land titles, a<\/span><b>reas within the park such as the Tehla Gate, have been utilized for non-forestry activities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> since they are still classified as Revenue Land.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Lack of Transparency:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The vagueness in titles result in <\/span><b>forest department acting in discretion<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and halting activities outside the boundaries of the park<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Intervention needed:\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Delimiting and demarcating<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> boundaries to safeguard habitats of big cats.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Expediently <\/span><b>transferring forest land titles into official records<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to afford them legal protection.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"vc_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pw.live\/batches\/upsc?utm_source=seo+upsc+batch&#038;utm_medium=seo+upsc&#038;utm_campaign=seo&#038;utm_id=upsc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enroll now for UPSC Online Course<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>About Sariska Tiger Reserve<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-109040 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/untitled-2024-05-20t112915786-664b03e24dcbf.webp\" alt=\"Sariska Tiger Reserve\" width=\"401\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/untitled-2024-05-20t112915786-664b03e24dcbf.webp 850w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/untitled-2024-05-20t112915786-664b03e24dcbf-226x300.webp 226w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/untitled-2024-05-20t112915786-664b03e24dcbf-771x1024.webp 771w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/untitled-2024-05-20t112915786-664b03e24dcbf-768x1020.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sariska Tiger Reserve is situated in the<\/span><b> Alwar district of Rajasthan state<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in India and is the <\/span><b>sole tiger reserve in the National Capital Region.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Area<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The Sariska Tiger Reserve is spread over an area of <\/span><b>1203.33 sq. km <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(881.11 sq. km core\/\u00a0 322.22 sq. km buffer)<\/span><b> of the Aravalli hills.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Nature of habitat: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Reserve is a blend of<\/span><b> scrub-thorn arid forests, dry deciduous forests, grasslands, and rocky hills<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is a <\/span><b>part of the Aravalli Range and the Khathiar-Gir dry deciduous forests ecoregion.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Present population: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tiger population stands at<\/span><b> 34 big cats of which 11 are male adults,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 14 are female adults, and 8 cubs and sub adults.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora: Dhok (Anogessus pendula)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the dominant tree species <\/span><b>covering over 90% area <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the forest. <\/span><b>Kathaa (Acacia catechu),\u00a0 Palas, Ber and Bamboo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are common in the Valleys.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other\u00a0 noteworthy tree species are <\/span><b>Arjun,Gugal,Kadaya, Amla, Bahera<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Tiger, Leopard, Striped hyena, jackal, jungle cat, Desert Cat,<\/span><b>rare four-horned antelope or 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