Excelsior Correspondent
LEH, June 30: The 12th meeting of the State Board for Wildlife of UT Ladakh was held here today, under the chairmanship of the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, Brigadier (Dr) BD Mishra (Retd).
The agenda of the meeting centred on the report presented by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) to the members of the State Board for Wildlife regarding the rationalisation of the Karakoram (Nubra-Shayok) Wildlife Sanctuary and the High-Altitude Cold Desert (Changthang) Wildlife Sanctuary for their approval.
The Chief Secretary, Dr Pawan Kotwal briefed the members about the extensive rationalisation exercise undertaken by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun, in close coordination with the Department of Wildlife, UT Ladakh.
He also informed that the final map prepared by WII, Dehradun, has been endorsed by all key stakeholders, including the Hill Councils and residents of these wildlife sanctuary areas.
Bilal Habib from Wildlife Institute of India (WII) Dehradun, in his PowerPoint Presentation informed the members about the alignment of the approach to meet basic requirements of both people and wildlife.
He further informed the members that following the completion of the rationalisation exercise, the revised net areas of the wildlife sanctuaries stand at 16,550 sq km for Karakoram Wildlife Sanctuary and 9,695 sq km for Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary, respectively.
After listening to the suggestions and concerns of the members, the LG approved the rationalised maps/report of both Karakoram and Changthang Wildlife Sanctuaries as submitted by WII, Dehradun and directed the chief secretary to compile all issues, concerns and suggestions raised by the board members.
Chairman/CEC, LAHDC Leh, Tashi Gyalson, CEC Kargil, Mohd Jaffer Akhoon, EC Leh, Tashi Namgyal Yakzee, DGP Dr SD Singh Jamwal, Sajjad Hussain Mufti, Dr M K Ranjitsinh, Dr R K Singh, Mandeep Mittal, Jigmet Takpa, Dr Tsewang Namgail and Dr Mohd Hussain also attended the meeting.
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