Nagpur: Tadoba-Andhari Transfer Tadoba Transfer (TATR) Director of Field Jitendra Ramagaonkar to Mumbai has raised Eyebrows.
A year ago, Ramagaonkar was posted from Thane to Tadoba on promotion.
He had joined Tadoba on August 13, 2020, and was hardly finished one year.
Most of his tenure was damaged by Covid restrictions and now when the problem of wildlife management gained momentum, he was transferred.
“The middle semester transfer not only violates the state government guidelines but also a violation of the tripartite memorandum understanding of the agreement between the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), the Maharashtra government and Director of the TATR fields,” Wildlife Constitution said.
According to members of the Bandu Wildlife Council Dhotre, Article II The agreement clearly states that the state government must post officers who are motivated as field directors with a proven track record, preferably trained in the management of wildlife, with a minimum tenure term of office Extended if the situation guarantees.
However, the Forestry Department often violates this agreement with even a field director who completes his full three-year term.
“Ramagaonkar is not a trained wildlife officer from the Wildlife Institute of India (Wii) but also a veterinarian,” Dhotre said, who had agreed to the Chairman of the Minister of Uddhav Thackeray demanded to cancel his transfer.
Ramagaonkar is one of the eight IFS officers transferred on Monday as a shared secretary for Mantalaya, Mumbai, at Arvind Apte’s place, which will retire on October 31.
He will be replaced by S Ramesh Kumar, which was posted in Pune with the research wing.
Sudden transfer of the current field director, who is in the process of preparing a 20-year-old vision document for the TATR, has not been sprinkled well with wildlife conservationists.
Members of the Kishor Rithe Country Council said, “We must learn from neighboring Madhya Pradesh how to treat officers and encourage them to complete their term of office as field director.
Handling of tiger reserves is a special job.
In MP, the field director completed their term of office and Back posted on other tiger reserves.
“” There are examples where a field director is promoted at the same post in Kanha Tiger Reserve by increasing the post and Rajesh Gopal serving more than eight years as a field director.
Ramagaonkar is almost not finished one year, ” Rithe said.
“When it comes to posting good officers, Vidarbha is not lucky.
It seems that the government deliberately made such a ‘absurd’ decision.
Do not want to post good officers in the region.
A new officer will return to take the time to learn various things, so delay management problems Critical wildlife such as relocation, human-animal conflicts, etc.
The government must rethink, “said Naturalist Himanshu Bagde.