NTPC-led JV joins ‘save black buck’ drive
19 Dec 2012 5:14 AM IST
Meja Urja Nigam Private Ltd (MUNPL), the joint venture company in which NTPC has a 50 per cent share, has joined hands with the DFO Social Forestry Division of Allahabad (UP Forest Allahabad) to save and conserve the black buck, one of the 26 species of mammals that have been declared endangered.
Meja Urja Nigam CEO Vinod Sharma and Allahabad DFO Ashok Dikshit have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for conservation of the black buck in the Chand Kamaria area, 10 km from the Meja Urja project site. Meja Urja Nigam will give Rs 1,72,32,176 in five years for developmental works like tree plantation, construction of ponds, pump house and watchtowers.
Speaking at the MoU signing ceremony, Sharma said that harmony between man and his environment is the essence of healthy life and growth. ‘MUNPL is an environment-friendly power project, which will leave no stone unturned to protect the environment and we all know that the black buck is a highly endangered species,’ he added.
‘In this connection, we are going to save the black buck in the Chand Kamaria village area,’ he said. Sharma added that the work would be executed by the DFO, Social Forestry Department, while MUNPL would provide funds for the project.
At the beginning of the twentieth century, thousands of black buck could be seen in the valleys and open grasslands of India.
But poaching and habitat destruction have seriously affected the black buck population and it is now included in Schedule I of the Indian Wildlife Act.
Meja Urja Nigam CEO Vinod Sharma and Allahabad DFO Ashok Dikshit have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for conservation of the black buck in the Chand Kamaria area, 10 km from the Meja Urja project site. Meja Urja Nigam will give Rs 1,72,32,176 in five years for developmental works like tree plantation, construction of ponds, pump house and watchtowers.
Speaking at the MoU signing ceremony, Sharma said that harmony between man and his environment is the essence of healthy life and growth. ‘MUNPL is an environment-friendly power project, which will leave no stone unturned to protect the environment and we all know that the black buck is a highly endangered species,’ he added.
‘In this connection, we are going to save the black buck in the Chand Kamaria village area,’ he said. Sharma added that the work would be executed by the DFO, Social Forestry Department, while MUNPL would provide funds for the project.
At the beginning of the twentieth century, thousands of black buck could be seen in the valleys and open grasslands of India.
But poaching and habitat destruction have seriously affected the black buck population and it is now included in Schedule I of the Indian Wildlife Act.
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