National Highways across the core area of Project Tiger
There are
number of National Highways running through the core area of ‘Project Tiger’;
Details of major roads/highways passing through Tiger Reserves in the country
are given at Annexure-I.
Ministry provides funding support to tiger States based on
their proposals, under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Project Tiger, for
providing tiger reserve specific managerial inputs to conserve tigers, which,
inter alia, includes diversion of roads/highways
passing through tiger reserves.
The details
relating to death of wild animals and tigers due to accidents including road
hits, in tiger reserves and other areas during the last five years, as reported
by States, are at Annexure-II.
ANNEXURE-I
Details of major roads/highways passing
through Tiger Reserves
|
Sl. No.
|
Name of the tiger reserve
|
National Highway (NH)
|
State Highway (SH)
|
Remark
|
|
1.
|
Buxa
|
NH No. 31 C
|
-
|
Passing through the buffer zone
along southern fringe of the reserve
|
|
2.
|
Indravati
|
NH No. 16
|
-
|
Passes through the southern
boundary of the Reserve
|
|
3.
|
Pench (Madhya
Pradesh)
|
NH No. 7
|
-
|
Passes through the border of the
Pench Sanctuary in the buffer zone
|
|
4.
|
Pench (Maharashtra)
|
NH No. 7
|
-
|
Passes through the Reserve
|
|
5.
|
Bandipur
|
-
|
1. Mysore-Ooty
2. Gundlupet-Sultanbathery
|
Passes through the reserve
|
|
6.
|
Corbett
|
-
|
SH No. 4 Moradabad-Tehri
|
Passes on the eastern boundary
of Corbett Tiger Reserve from Ramnagar to Marchula for about 35 km
|
|
7.
|
Dampa
|
-
|
1. West Phaileng-Tripuibari
(Northwest)
2. West Phaileng-Marpara
(East-north)
|
Runs along the boundary of the
Reserve.
|
|
8.
|
Melghat
|
-
|
1. Paratwada-Burhanpur
2. Akot-Harisal
|
Passes through the reserve
|
|
9.
|
Nagarjunasagar
|
-
|
1. Mannanur-Dornal
2. Nallaguntala-Bairlutty
|
Passes through the reserve and
on the southern boundary of the reserve
|
|
10.
|
Palamau
|
-
|
Daltonganj-Ranchi
|
Passes through the northern
fringe of the reserve
|
|
11.
|
Panna
|
-
|
SH No. 6 Jhansi-Chhatarpur-Panna-Rewa
|
Passes through the reserve and
makes the reserve boundary (Madla range)
|
|
12.
|
Sariska
|
-
|
2 State Highways
|
Passes through the heart of the
reserve.
|
|
13.
|
Kanha
|
-
|
-
|
A public highway between Baihar and Chilpi runs 28 km
inside the NP and 20 km through the buffer zone
|
|
14.
|
Bandhavgarh
|
-
|
-
|
Two highways namely; Umaria-Rewa and Katni-Parasi-Tala
pass through the Tiger Reserve for a considerable length
|
|
15.
|
Tadoba-Andhari
|
-
|
-
|
Few metalled
roads of PWD go through the tiger reserve
|
|
16.
|
Valmiki
|
-
|
-
|
2 public roads with a total
length of 26 km pass through the buffer area
|
This
information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Sh S.Regupathy in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
KP:PM
(Release ID :33777)