Nagpur: Even when foresters become more susceptible to various threats while working in the field, the state government is sitting on a proposal to declare the victim as ‘van shahids’ and offering the RS25 Lakh package into the following lines, on the police lines take Naxalit.
On September 9, 2020, the PCCF office here has sent a revised proposal to offer RS25 Lakh’s assistance to KIN from forest officials and employees who put their lives on duty and RS3 Lakh in the case of permanent disability.
Previously, the proposal was sent twice to the State Government – once on May 29, 2017, and then on May 16, 2019.
With the murder of the Swati Dhumne forest guards by tigers in the core area of ​​Tadoba on Sunday, The Foresters and officials once again raised this problem .
This scheme was placed in the police department for those who were injured or killed against Naxalit.
Under the scheme, RS25 Lakh is stored as a permanent deposit and family kin gets a monthly interest.
The amount cannot be drawn for 10 years.
However, on September 18, 2012, the state has made it possible to withdraw money in extraordinary cases.
According to the gr issued on September 22, 2008, the Maharashtra government announced its forest policy.
One clause (3.3.13) states, “If every forest / employee officer dies or achieves disability while attending a call of duty, employees and officials will be paid compensating packages in accordance with existing police policy.” Considering state forest policies and existing schemes that apply in the Ministry of Forestry Department sent a proposal to the government but it collected dust.
Ajay Patil, President of the Central Forest Guards of Maharashtra and Promotes Foresters Sanghatana said, “Such forest employees must be declared van Shahids.
They move to the forest for official work without safety steps and is a true protector of encompatuated environmental assets.
Must immediately approve the proposal.
“In accordance with the Ministry of Rumah GR issued on June 1, 2011, there are provisions that if each officer / employee dies while on duty, the last salary he has a picture must be paid next to his kin until the die date is retired.
In addition, payment of salaries must be increased according to the promotion that is bound by time, the employee / officer who has died should be during the service period.
Over the past few years, there are spurts in attacks against foresters by hunters, shrimp, wood smugglers.
In addition, foresters are also vulnerable to attacks of wild animals while patrolling and extinguishing forest fires.
According to the application submitted by Kishor Rithe, Member, Society Conservation Society Amravati (NCSA), in the Supreme Court, from 1987 to 2020, in Maharashtra only, 656 Foresters has been attacked to cause death 19 of them.
The situation in other countries such as Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan are even worse.