No water for wild animals; forest staff fail to create additional sources
People purchases pots in Kamareddy on Wednesday. (Photo: DC)
Adilabad: Forest animals are struggling to quench their thirst as streams and rivulets have dried up and water has evaporated from all the waterbodies due to soaring temperatures in the district.
The forest staff have failed to create additional drinking water sources for them. Forest animals especially herbivores are straying into villages in search of water and fall prey to poachers even in Kawal Tiger Reserve (KTR) during the summer. Some of the solar pump sets set up in the identified places to provide drinking water to the forest animals were defunct as water motors are not functioning and unidentified persons had stolen the water pipelines in the core area of the Kawal Tiger Reserve.
A field level worker said, the saucer wells meant for the forest animals received water for a brief spell but the water has evaporated within no time due to high temperatures. However, there was some greenery in the forest due to unexpected rains that struck the district recently and this is helpful for the herbivores.
Forest officials have to fill the saucer wells with water to quench the thirst of the forest animals on a regular basis but there has been no activity there..
Forest animals have no opportunity to cool their body with the water in the summer due to dry streams and rivulets in the forests. The deep trenches with fencing separating the reserve forest and villages at some points to restrict the entry of the vehicles and people into forests and wood smuggling has proved costly to the forest animals as they cannot cross the trenches for water.
( Source : dc )
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