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LEMRU ELEPHANT RESERVE#Conservation□ ABOUT :-
◇ The proposal for the reserve, in
Korba district, was passed unanimously by the Assembly in
2005 and got
central approval in 2007.
◇ Lemru is one of two elephant reserves planned to prevent
human-animal conflict in the region, with elephants moving into
Chhattisgarh from
Odisha and Jharkhand.
◇ Its area was then proposed to be
450 sq km.
□ Why does the government want to reduce the size of the reserve ?
◇ The area proposed under the reserve is part of the
Hasdeo Aranya forests, a very diverse biozone that is also rich in coal deposits.
◇ Of
22 coal blocks in the area, seven have already been allotted with mines running in three, and in the process of being established in the other four.
◇ Under the ‘
No-Go Area’ policy from the
UPA area, the entire area was considered out of bounds for mines, but in 2020, five coal blocks from the region were put on the auction list.
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