Mhadei Tiger Reserve Pro-People: NBW Member

In a letter to chief minister Digambar Kamat, sent on Friday, Bindra urged him to consider the merit of the proposal as suggested by former union minister for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh.

"Mhadei is the catchment area of important rivers like Mhadei, Malaprabha, Pandhari, Bailnadi, Tillari, and making it a tiger reserve will help consolidate the habitat and address the water security issues of Goa for posterity," said Bindra.

She added that declaring Goa a tiger state would be a matter of prestige during Goa's golden jubilee year of liberation. Doubts being raised in some quarters that the move is anti-people were unfounded, she stressed. Read the full report here.

Source: Paul Fernandes, TNN, Panaji.