Jairam Seeks More Efforts For Tigers In Orissa Reserve

In a letter to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Ramesh has suggested at least eight measures and asked him to intervene personally.

The letter sent Wednesday came a few days after a senior official from the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) visited Similipal in Mayurbhanj district, about 320 km from here, and apprised Ramesh about the situation.

"A small contingent of state armed force needs to be deployed in some of the villages on the fringe of the core zone. This needs to be done especially in those villages which have the tradition of Akhand Shikar (mass hunting rituals)," said the letter, a copy of which is in possession of IANS. Read the full report here.

Source: Mangalorean.com, Bhubaneswar.