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Core, buffer zones of Balmiki Tiger Reserve demarcated: Dy CM

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Press Trust of India Patna
Last Updated : Jan 20 2013 | 4:33 AM IST

The state cabinet would soon give approval to notify the buffer zone, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi told reporters here.

The Supreme Court had on July 24 slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on six states, including Bihar, for failing to notify buffer zones areas under Project Tiger.

The other five states were Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Jharkhand.

The apex court was furious that despite its earlier directions of April 4 and July 10, the states had failed to notify the buffer zones in their respective reserves.

The court had also warned that if they failed to comply within three weeks, the defaulting states shall be saddled with a cost of Rs 50,000 each, recoverable from the Principal Secretary, Forest of the state concerned.

  

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First Published: Jul 26 2012 | 5:06 PM IST

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