THE JHARKHAND STORY NETWORK
Daltonganj, Dec 22: The Palamu Tiger Reserve management is taking extraordinary measures for the safety of its two male tigers here.
These two tigers have been here since November this year.
The deputy directors of the tiger reserve, P K Jena (North) and Kumar Ashish (South), under the observation of the field director Kumar Ashutosh, are keeping a 24×7 tab on these two tigers.
The PTR is crisscrossed by the state highway 9 and railway lines too. The deputy directors have asked their ground staff to see that traffic on the state highway is not rash or haphazard to cause any harmful situation to any wildlife.
Foot patrol is up in the tiger reserve here. If the state highway is being watched, a similar effort is made to see rail traffic not breaking the old standing order.
There is a standing order for the speed of all kinds of trains on the tracks that pass through the PTR.
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The standing order is 25 kmph for all the trains like passenger, goods and express.
Around 11 km long, railway lines pass through the core area of the tiger reserve. Here are around 100 plus trains every 24 hours.
This stretch of the railway lines through the PTR is under the CIC section. Central industrial coalfields run from Gomoh – Barkakana to Garhwa Road junction. This length of the railway track is very vulnerable to wildlife.
Deputy Director P K Jena said, “I have shot off a missive to the divisional railway manager Dhanbad reminding him to instruct the concerned railway stations coming under the limits of the PTR to have 25 kmph speed, long continuous whistling and a very sharp look out for the engine crew to avoid any run over of the wildlife while negotiating the railway tracks.”
Deputy director of the South Division, Kumar Ashish, said all trackers and forest guards in the four ranges that come under the South Division are vigilant about every wildlife.
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