Evict all illegal occupants from core zone of Corbett Tiger Reserve :HC

Nainital: The Uttarakhand High Court has asked the state government to take steps within three weeks for eviction of all unauthorised occupants from government buildings at Kalagarh which comes under the core zone of the Corbett Tiger Reserve.

On a PIL challenging a government notification demarcating the buffer and core zones of Corbett Tiger Reserve on Saturday, the division bench of Justice Rajiv Sharma and Justice Lokpal Singh directed the Chief Secretary to take steps for the eviction of unauthorised occupants from government buildings at Kalagarh within three weeks. The court also asked the directors of Corbett and Rajaji Tiger reserves to preserve the viscera of tigers dying unnaturally and videograph their post-mortem besides having inquiries conducted into their deaths by the Sub Divisional Magistrates concerned.

The court also directed the State Government to install CCTVs and deploy drones to prevent illegal poaching.