Jaipur: The main chair of Rajasthan High Court in Jodhpur has lived all kinds of construction, including commercial and industrial, within a 1,000 meter radius of Kumbhalgarh wildlife asylum.
The bench consisting of Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice Vinod Kumar Bharwani has directed Rajsamand and Pali Collectors to ensure compliance with fixed orders.
The court order on January 18 reads, “All construction activities carried out in 1,000 meters from the Kumbhalgarh forest reserve limit will remain.” Rituraj Singh, an advocate who has apply for a pill, said that according to Rajasthan tourism policy, 2020, people can operate up to 20 guest house rooms without the need for their commercial conversion of their property.
Thus, some hotels have appeared within 1 km of protected area boundaries.
The court order further reads, “The main secretary, department of tourism and district collectors, Rajsamand and Pali will be personally responsible for ensuring the compliance of this order”.
The pill rang, the forestry department issued orders on March 31, 2015 in connection with the prohibition of commercial and industrial activities in the zone 1 km from the boundaries of protected areas.
Also the revenue authority has been directed not to change the land in the area up to 1 km from the boundaries of protected areas of Ranthambore, Sariska, Kumbhalgarh wildlife reserve, and Jawai Leopard’s conservation reserves.
The pill reads, “The guest house with 20 pure rooms is a commercial activity and according to the order of the forestry department must be banned in 1 km from the boundaries of protected areas but because the Ministry of Tourism does not treat guest houses.
With 20 rooms as commercial activities, the commercial guest house.
Being built in 1 km from the boundaries of protected areas, “the applicant claimed, the national tiger conservation authority published a feasibility report to declare the beetle and Todgarh Raoli Wildlife Succuaries as potential tiger reserves.
In the report, specifically recommends that protection places are in the form of thin stretches and are therefore very important to expand and bring more areas under these places to declare them as a tiger reserve.
“With more land that falls in the scope of construction, land with the forestry department will fail to expand the future,” Singh added.
HC Construction prohibits within 1 km of Kumbhalgarh Reserve
