Tourism in Jarawa reserve should be per amended laws: SC
7 March 2013 7:12 AM IST
The Supreme Court has said tourist activity in Jarawa reserves in Andaman and Nicobar Islands would be carried out strictly in compliance with the amended regulations which prohibit tourism in the buffer zone comprising an area upto 5 km radius adjacent and contiguous to the tribal area.
According to the regulations in the notification of 17 January, 2013, an area upto 5 km radius adjacent and contiguous to the Jarawa Tribe Reserve area, starting from Constance Bay in South Andaman to Lewis inlet Bay in Middle Andaman has been declared as a buffer zone by the Andaman and Nicobar administration.
A bench of justices G S Singhvi, H L Gokhale and Ranjana Prakash Desai made it clear that the administration ‘shall strictly comply with the amended regulations and the orders issued for implementation thereof.’
The regulations in the 2013 notification, submitted in the court by the administration, also declare that no person should carry out any activity directly or indirectly which might prejudice the safety and interests of the Jarawa tribe in any of the settlement villages.
According to the regulations in the notification of 17 January, 2013, an area upto 5 km radius adjacent and contiguous to the Jarawa Tribe Reserve area, starting from Constance Bay in South Andaman to Lewis inlet Bay in Middle Andaman has been declared as a buffer zone by the Andaman and Nicobar administration.
A bench of justices G S Singhvi, H L Gokhale and Ranjana Prakash Desai made it clear that the administration ‘shall strictly comply with the amended regulations and the orders issued for implementation thereof.’
The regulations in the 2013 notification, submitted in the court by the administration, also declare that no person should carry out any activity directly or indirectly which might prejudice the safety and interests of the Jarawa tribe in any of the settlement villages.
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