Land acquisition policy for corridor widening welcomed

The budgetary proposal to formulate a new policy to enable the government to purchase the corridor area between two forest tracts to prevent human-animal conflict has evoked positive response from the officials. Sources in the Forest Department said there are small patches of private estates and lands between two swathes of forests close to established wildlife corridors. If the private land could be purchased then it will help widen the corridor and enable the free movement of animals, the sources added.