Nagpur: The death of six animals, including three wild pigs, one Nilgai, and two goats, in the swollen asolamendha irrigation canal in Saoli in the Chandrapur district on Monday night once again leads to demands to accelerate mitigation measures.
“The carcass of some animals was found stuck in a near the gate near the Pathri, while Nilgai floated on the water.
It is not known whether more animals die from fast water flow,” said Suraj Bommawar, a local.
Saoli RFO Vasant Kamdi confirmed the rotten carcass from one Nilgai and three goats found floating on the water.
“Canal side by side with the Forest Pathri and it is difficult to track from where the animals slipped on the canal.
I can’t trace the wild boar.
We have written to build a Waldlife Underpass,” said Kamdi.
The member of the Kishor State of Wildlife Council said, “The incident reaffirmed the need to accelerate the mitigation measures above the Gosikhurd channel.” Rithe has raised the problem of mitigation measures on canals in Bhandara and Chandrapur in the State Council meeting for Wildlife (SBWL) on June 7, 2012.
Note it, the state government formed a committee on June 23, 2014.
“We identified 11 irrigation projects in Vidarbha Where wildlife mitigation steps are needed, but because of the lack of action funds are not built.
In 2018, RS18 Crore was approved to pass the gosikhurd canal, “Rithe said.
11 Irrigation projects fell in a tiger corridor between Umred-Karhandla-Tadoba, Penh-Navaegaon-Nagzira, and Navaegaon-Brahmapuri-Tadoba.
In the first phase, such a pass was built near the Tiger Reserve drill in the Wardha district.
However, Vidarbha Irigation Development Corporation (VIDC) Superintending Engineering Ankur Desai told TII, “Although mitigation measures have been built in the right bank channel (RBC) Gosikhurd, similar steps have not been proposed in the Asolamendha canal because it is still under construction.” “Of the 60 graduated wildlife suggested by the State Level Committee in the right bank channel (RBC) Gosikhurd, VIDC has completed 43.
Work orders for 4 trajectories have been issued and estimated to be prepared 8.
There are opposition from local villagers to build through wildlife In 5 places, where they are afraid of animals can cross to the village and cause conflict, “Desai said.
The RBC gosikhurd canal mostly passes dense forest patches.
The canal is an express canal that is directly connected to the dam in Paoni.
In 2018, the dominant tiger wildlife asylum Umred-Karhandla-Paoni Jaichand slipped in the main canal due to lack of mitigation steps.
Forest officials admit there have been more than 200 incidents in the last 5 years where chital, sambar, gaurs, nilgis, and wild boar have been saved from the canal.
“The incidence of wild animals slips on frequent canals.
Even though we saved some animals, it was difficult for herbivores to come out because of nails every leg,” they said.