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Project Tiger and tribals displacement
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- The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG), released the report highlighting the impact of Project Tiger on tribal and forest-dwelling communities.
- The report was titled “India’s Tiger Reserves: Tribals Get Out, Tourists Welcome.”
- It stated that out of these 5.5 lakh people identified for relocation by the Tiger Projects.
- About 20,857 families, comprising 92,605 people, were relocated by December 31, 2021, as per the central govt.
- Therefore, about 457,394 persons or 1,03,016 families are yet to be relocated.
- In monetary terms, it would cost Rs 15,2766 million or US$1,853 million in addition to the requirement of massive land for resettlement.
- While 2,54,794 persons were identified for relocation from 50 tiger reserves from 1973 to 2021.
- At least 290,000 persons are slated to be displaced from six tiger reserves being created from 2021 period.
- It means a whopping 967% increase of displacement per tiger reserve in the post-2021 period.
- The report states that among the 2.9 lakh persons are expected to be displaced in the post-2021 period, 4,000 from the Srivilliputhur-Megamalai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, about 4,400 from Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan.
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