Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 27: Government has submitted a project report of Rs 25.72 crore to Union Ministry of Environment and Forest for preservation and safety of Hangul.
This information was given by Minister for Forests, Choudhary Lal Singh in reply to question by Mushtaq Ahmad Shah during Question Hour in the Legislative Assembly here today.
Choudhary Singh informed the House that for preservation and safety of Hangul, the Government has submitted a project report of Rs 25.72 crore to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests for approval. He said the plan provides conservation, completion of construction and maintenance of conservation Breeding Centre as well as other provisions like veterinarian, research fellows, plan, training and Red Deer breeding expertise consultancy etc.
The Minister informed that as per records, Shikargah is part of Tral-Cum-Khiram Rakh under the J&K Preservation Act-1942. He said these are deemed to be conservation reserves under J&K Wild Life Protection Act-1978.
He said for conservation of Hangul, construction of an off-display Hangul Conservation Breeding Centre was taken up in 2008-09, which continued upto 2011-12 with the assistance of Central Zoo Authority of India.
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