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Tamil Nadu
By V. S. Palaniappan
The general secretary, A. Ranagarajan, in a memorandum to Girija Vaidyanathan, Secretary, has pointed out that sufficient number of anti-poaching camps would help curb poaching especially by gangs from Kerala and Karnataka. The two tuskers which were killed recently near the Uliyur tribal settlement in Sirumugai range could have been saved, if there were anti-poaching camps at Uliyur, Sujjalkottai, Kallampalayam and Mangalapatti. The TNGM had been sending proposals to the Union Ministry for notification of specific stretches along the Western Ghats as protected areas or even as ecologically sensitive areas. Towards this objective, a workshop was conducted at Coimbatore for identifying the stretches with a special focus on NBR, Moyar Valley and Anaikatty regions. The TNGM had been demanding anti-poaching camps, in the Mudumalai National Park in the core zone and along the identified and known poaching tracks. More importantly five to six camps should be established outside the national park in the Nilgiris North division and Coimbatore division. The outside Mudumalai should be between Siriyur and Mangalapatti, Uliyur, Sujjalkottai, Kallampalayam and a major base camp at Mangalapatti to eliminate poaching, the TNGM said. Ex-servicemen could be employed as anti-poaching watchers. As the sex ratio of the elephant population is very altered, the Forest department should initiate steps to save the male pachyderms to maintain a balance. In the efforts for saving elephants, co-operation of various arms of government agencies especially the agencies of neighbouring states was very essential. He also said a finite set of poachers and ivory trade offenders had been jumping bails with impunity, simple measures with rigorous scrutiny on sureties and meticulous tracking will go a long way. Much more ownership, grit, imaginative long-sighted strategies and commitment would help ameliorate the current situation. The TNGM reiterated that elephants were crucial to the hydrology of Moyar and Bhavani, the last of the perennial rivers that are left in TN (Tamiraparani being the only other perennial river-on account of the rich forests of Kalakad, Mundanthurai).
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