Maya, Jairam lock horns over tiger reserve name
Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times
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New Delhi, October 15, 2010First Published: 22:51 IST(15/10/2010)
Last Updated: 01:21 IST(16/10/2010)
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati and Environment Minister Jairam
Ramesh are pitted against each other over renaming of Dudhwa Tiger
Reserve, located around 238 km from Lucknow. Mayawati has decided to
rename the reserve - having over 50 tigers — after father of the
Indian Constitution B.R. Ambedkar. Her decision is being seen as part
of a spree to rename various places in the state after Ambedkar or
Kansi Ram, the BSP founder.
Ramesh believes that Billy Arjan Singh, who was pivotal in convincing
former PM Indira Gandhi to declare Dudhwa a national park in 1976,
should get the honour instead.
"I fully share your admiration and respect for Dr Ambedkar. Whatever
we do is not enough to acknowledge his magnificent contributions…"
Ramesh said in a letter to Mayawati on Friday, asking her to
reconsider the decision.
Singh, who died on January 1, 2010, had received many international
awards for wildlife conservation and had received Padam Bhushan in
2006. Ramesh described him as a one who has contributed "immensely for
shaping Dudhwa as a protected area".
Ramesh believes that naming the park after Singh will go a long way in
strengthening the bonds between the forest department and the outside
experts to save India]s national animal, the tiger, whose population
has dwindled to 1,411. This is not the first time that Mayawati and
Ramesh are at loggerheads.
Earlier, environment ministry had opposed Mayawati's Amebdkar parks
but Ramesh was never at the forefront of the confrontation.
The ministry recently opposed UP government's proposed highway on the
Ganga canal, where 10,000 trees will have to be cut.
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