People s sanctuary
People's interest in water leads to greater interest in the forest and its wildlife What should be the perfect reply to the forest department's eviction of people from a tiger reserve? Go for a people's wildlife sanctuary, managed and protected by the people. After all, forest dwellers also conserve wildlife.
That is exactly what the Tarun Bharat Sangh (TBS), which fought against the Sariska Tiger Reserve (STR) officials' eviction drive against the villages inside the reserve, did on January 14, 1995, with the help of villagers. The people of Bhaonta-Koylala have been protecting the neighbouring forests. In 1995 they declared it a
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