tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999417041006457933.post5406309731753239668..comments2024-02-15T00:23:56.860-08:00Comments on The Corbett Foundation: The 'Tiger Tourism' QuestionThe Corbett Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15470182949407085465noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999417041006457933.post-83720986188711707572013-12-06T03:03:17.597-08:002013-12-06T03:03:17.597-08:00I Agree with your view and appreciate your work. D...I Agree with your view and appreciate your work. During your Corbett tour, stay in the <a href="http://www.united21resortcorbett.com/" rel="nofollow">budget resort in Corbett</a>.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11924940053610577058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999417041006457933.post-15463317327029714962011-12-17T23:59:22.821-08:002011-12-17T23:59:22.821-08:00Dear Mr. Ghosh,
I fully agree with your views. I a...Dear Mr. Ghosh,<br />I fully agree with your views. I am not a tour operator, I am a wild-life enthusiast. When I first got to know about the petition seeking to ban tourism in core areas, I thought SC will dismiss such whimsical demand on the first day itself. But to my shock, I noticed that NTCA has filed an Affidavit defining the word "Inviolate" in a patently wrong manner. Let me present some facts from the Indian Wildlife Act, 1972:<br />(1) Sec. 38V(4)(i) of the Act defines Core Areas or CTH as those areas of National Parks and sanctuaries, where it has been established, on the basis of scientific and objective criteria, that such areas are required to be kept as "inviolate" for the purposes of tiger conservation, without affecting the rights of the Scheduled Tribes or such other forest dwellers, and notified as such by the State Government in consultation with an Expert Committee constituted for the purpose;<br />(2) What does the term "inviolate" means & whether tourism is allowed in Core or CTH Areas is answered by Sec.38 O(c) of the Act, which lays down powers & functions of NTCA. It says that NTCA shall lay down normative standards for "tourism activities" and guidelines for project tiger from time to time for tiger conservation in the buffer and "core area" of tiger reserves and ensure their due compliance;<br /><br />From the above section, it is clear that the Wildlife Act permits tourism in Core Areas & that NTCA has the power to lay down normative standards for conducting tourism in such areas. The Act does not prohibit tourism in core areas rather it specifically permits it. Also, it is beyond NTCA's mandate to define the term "inviolate", because NTCA itself has been set up under the Act & the Act has not granted such power to NTCA.<br />I hope SC in its wisdom will take the right decision & reject such non-sense petition.<br />Regards,<br />Prabhat Bhardwaj<br />bhardwaj.prabhat@gmail.comPrabhat Bhardwajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10054520025456470611noreply@blogger.com