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Hajaribagh Tigers Park
General information
Total Area
183 sq. kms
Best time to visit
November till mid June
Accommodation
Hotels & Restaurants
Nearest Town
Hajaribagh (01 km)
How to get there
Train to Hajaribagh (01 kilometres); Airport - Ranchi (70 kms.)
Species found
The chinkara, dear, Blackbuck, wild boar, striped hyena, jackal, common langur, porcupine, hare, black buck
The Hazaribagh sanctuary, one of Bihar's oldest and amongs tits most well-known protected areas, is under the twin threats of a highway expansion and a railway project. This area, still popularly referred to as the Hazaribagh National Park based on its first declaration in 1954, is located in the state's Hazaribagh district.
After the enactment of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, it was declared a sanctuary under this Act, in 1976. These sal-dominated forests are home to a variety of wildlife and form a part of vital elephant and tiger corridors. The Hazaribagh - Barhi stretch of National Highway No. 33 runs through the sanctuary, and is proposed for 4-laning. Parallel to this highway, a railway line forming part of the Koderma - Hazaribagh link, is proposed. The coming up of both these projects in tandem will effectively cut the sanctuary into two separate sections, making animal movements between these very difficult.
Recently (in June 2000), the railway minister, Ms. Mamata Banerjee was in Hazaribagh to review the progress of the railway project. She along with the Finance Minister, Shri Yashwant Sinha, held discussions with senior forest, railway and state government officials, with a focus on the ecological damage envisaged due to the railway line. The forest department has expressed grave reservations about this project on ecological grounds. Ms Banerjee has said that a joint monitoring committee will be set up under the leadership of Shri Sinha, including representatives of the MOEF, railways, state govt., to look at every aspect of the issue and come up with a mutually agreeable solution within three months. But, a cause for concern is that she has also given an assurance that the work on the railway line will begin by mid-October.
It is necessary for all of us to express our concern and strongly oppose the proposed decimation of one more of our wildlife habitats by both the 4-laning of the highway and the railway line.
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