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Land sold to AR part of wildlife sanctuary
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, June 01 2013 :
Land measuring 160 acres located near Kondong Lairembi complex, Moreh which was sold to Assam Rifles deceitfully has turned out to be a part of Yangoupokpi Lokchao Wildlife Sanctuary and it was already declared a reserved forest by the State Government.
Further investigation by The Sangai Express into the controversial land deal revealed that the area sold to AR without approval of the Government's competent authority is recorded as a part of the Yangoupokpi Lokchao Wildlife Sanctuary in the Protected Areas Network of Manipur published by the Forest Department.
The Manipur State Durbar adopted a resolution (No.11) on April 3, 1946 to declare the area of 184.88 square Kms as reserved forest area.
The State Durbar resolution was approved by the king of Manipur on April 8, 1946 as per existing records.
The area which was declared as reserved forest by the Manipur State Durbar was again declared a wildlife sanctuary by the Government of Manipur post Indian independence on October 2, 1991 under the Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972 .
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By selling a part of the wildlife sanctuary, both the Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972 and the Forest (Conservation) Act 1980 were violated.
Over and above this, the shady land deal challenged a Supreme Court directive issued on March 28, 2008 .
160 acres of the Yangoupokpi Lokchao Wildlife Sanctuary were sold out to Assam Rifles by an official of Revenue Department at Rs 60 lakhs.
AR authorities claimed that they bought the land with due approval of the Hills Department.
They also produced official documents in support of their claim.
Yangoupokpi Lokchao Wildlife Sanctuary located along Indo-Myanmar border is home to many species of wild animals including beer, wild pigs, Sambar, monkeys, Burmese peafowl etc.
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