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The state has witnessed wildlife conflict involving elephants, tigers and wild boars, especially on the periphery of forests in Coimbatore, Nilgiris, and Hosur | Latest News India
The wildlife conservationist also reminded the ministry about the recommendation of the Elephant Task Force constituted by the Union government in 2010 that advocated for the setting up of a statutory body and naming it the National Elephant Conservation Authority (NECA).
The two letters, dated August 13 and August 20, elaborated on how the merger would lead to administrative confusion, chaos, inefficiency, and inordinate delays in Centrally Sponsored Scheme-Project Tiger implementation.
Project Tiger winds up four months after Prime Minister refers to it as a remarkable success story
Forest officials and wildlife experts say that Project Tiger will soon lose its edge in conserving endangered tigers as it will be bogged down in bureaucratic quagmire. They say that Project Tiger was given a quiet burial with the merger.