Following Debrigarh model, the Forest department seeks Rs 99 crore under SASCI for eco-tourism in Satkosia, ensuring activities comply with tiger conservation plan, MoEFCC guidelines, and Supreme Cour ...
The Satkosia Praja Surakhya Samiti president also said that settlement of Forest Rights Act is a mandatory provision in village relocation as per rules but it has not been undertaken in any villages.
There was also other claims including that signatures of villagers, unwilling for optional relocation, were forged to make request for voluntary relocation.
Around 1,000 families from four more villages in the Satkosia Tiger Reserve have now come forward to voluntarily relocate from the protected area, giving a fillip to existing conservation efforts
Acting on the basis of proposal submitted by the wildlife wing, NTCA sent a five-member central committee to Satkosia to reassess the feasibility of re-initiating the project in the tiger reserve.
The Satkosia Tiger Reserve, spread across the districts of Angul, Cuttack, Nayagarh and Boudh in Odisha, is a crucial habitat for tigers, elephants, and several endangered species.
