Oran LandIn NewsResidents from around 40 villages of
Jaisalmer, Rajasthan have walked 225 kilometers to protect community-conserved sacred spaces known as ‘orans’.
About Currently, the biodiversity hotspots are
classified as wastelands. The current categorization is causing a loss of biodiversity and is affecting the livelihood of the locals in the area, as
huge chunks of land are being allotted for setting up solar plants.
Thus need to recategorize the area as ‘
oran land’. The orans are among the
last natural habitats of the great Indian bustard. The open stretch of land, which receives
long hours of sunlight and brisk winds, has become a hub of green energy with windmills and solar photovoltaic dotting.
There are other orans like
Mokla, Salkha, Kemde, which also spread across several hectares but are listed as wastelands.
These orans are hotspots of biodiversity with trees and flowers like
rohida, bordi, kumbhat, and desi babool in large numbers.
