Dudhwa Park likely to get Ambedkar tag
Express News Service Posted online: Sun Oct 17 2010, 06:46 hrs
Lucknow : The Uttar Pradesh Forest department is drafting a proposal
to rename its famous Dudhwa Tiger Reserve and National Park after Dr B
R Ambedkar. According to sources in the department, the officials have
been asked by the state government to prepare a draft for renaming the
park. As soon as the draft is cleared by the department, it will be
presented in the state cabinet for approval.
However, sources said Union minister for Environment and Forests
Jairam Ramesh has already expressed his displeasure over the
government move and has written to Chief Minister Mayawati to rather
name the park after late wildlife activist Billy Arjan Singh.
Currently, the officials are busy drafting a proposal for renaming the
park as Dr Ambedkar National Tiger Reserve. According to sources in
the department, the officials have been asked to prepare a fool-proof
draft which keeps in mind all the probable hassles. The officials are
tight-lipped about the proposal and refuse to comment much on the
issue at the moment.
"We are just preparing a draft. The Dudhwa National Park was declared
through a notification on February 1 in 1976 and since then, the name
Dudhwa name has stuck on to the area," said an official. He said the
name Dudhwa was given to the National Park because of a local story.
"It seems the area was famous for milkmen and hence the name Dudhwa.
When the national park was notified, it was decided that it would be
called the Dudhwa National Park," he said.
However, a section of wildlife enthusiasts are of the opinion that the
park should be renamed after Billy Arjan Singh.
Incidentally, Singh had played a significant role in getting the
forest area declared as a tiger reserve and spent his life here. The
enthusiasts have also approached Jairam Ramesh, who is said to have
expressed this to the UP chief minister through a letter, written on
Friday. An official said since the Minister's note is just a
suggestion, the state government will see what best can be done.
Sources in the Forest department said the state government wants the
renaming to be done at the earliest.
"We have been asked to prepare the proposal in the next two months.
Earlier, it was also thought that the park would be renamed after
former BSP leader Kanshiram but since Ambedkar has been a national
leader, his name sounded more appropriate," said an official, who
looks after the management of the park.
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