IMPHAL, JUNE 23, 2017 (DIPR): Forests and Environment Minister Shri Thounaojam Shyamkumar today said, prohibition of air gun and barrel gun will help in the conservation of the precious and rare species of birds and animals in the State. He said in the next Cabinet meet, he will introduce a proposal in which a barrel gun licence holder will be made to use a smaller firearm instead.
He was speaking as the Chief Guest during the inauguration of the State Level Stakeholder Workshop for ‘Management Planning of Keibul Lamjao National Park and Conservation of Sangai’ organised by Forest Department, Manipur and Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun at Imperial Hall, Classic Grande, Chingmeirong.
He also said that, the State Government is planning to make Keibul Lamjao into an eco-tourism park. Stressing the need to give awareness, training and livelihood to the locals living around the National Park to conserve and preserve the Keibul Lamjao National Park and the Sangai, Minister Shyamkumar promised all possible help from the State Government to the concerned officials in conservation of the National Park and the Sangai.
Minister Shyamkumar also opined that, for conservation and preservation of the Sangai, the people of the State must have an emotional connection towards the State animal. He said we must use the medium of folk song, drama, story telling including documentary films so that, the common man and the new generation of children have an emotional attachment towards the endangered brow-antlered deer, found only in Manipur, is able to flourish in abundance in its natural habitat.
Shri Sambhu Singh, Additional Chief Secretary (Forests & Environment), officials of State Forest Department, officials of Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun and scientists also attended the workshop. (DIPR)
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