Arms licences issued around Protected Areas

In a Public Interest Litigation, Allahabad High Court issued a direction last month to Uttar Pradesh state government that "We also issue a general direction to the effect that hereafter, no licence under the Arms Act, 1959 shall be granted in the State of U.P. without the NOC of the Chief Wild Life Warden in those areas which fall within the purview of Section 34 of the Act of 1972. The State Government shall take
necessary steps to issue directions to all the District Magistrates concerned to take steps with reference to those arms licences which have been granted without complying with the provisions of Section 34 (3) in respect of those areas which fall within a radius of ten kilometers of a sanctuary".

Protected areas in India

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2413 REGARDING ‘NATIONAL PARKS AND SANCTUARIES’ BY SHRI GOPAL SINGH SHEKHAWAT DUE FOR REPLY ON 27.8.2012.

State-wise details of National Parks (NPs) and Wildlife Sanctuaries (WLS)

States/UTs	No of NPs	Area (square km)	No. of WLS	Area  (square km)	No. of C.R.*	Area (square km)	No. of C.R.**	Area  (square km)	Total No. of PAs#	Area (square km)
Andhra Pradesh	6	1388.39	21	11618.12					27	13006.51
Arunachal Pradesh	2	2290.82	11	7487.75					13	9778.57
Assam	5	1977.79	18	1932.01					23	3909.80
Bihar	1	335.65	12	2851.67					13	3187.32
Chhattisgarh	3	2899.08	11	3583.19					14	6482.27
Goa	1	107.00	6	647.91					7	754.91
Gujarat	4	479.67	23	16619.81	1	227.00			28	17326.48
Haryana	2	48.25	8	233.21	2	48.72			12	330.18
Himachal Pradesh	5	2271.38	32	7745.48					37	10016.86
Jammu & Kashmir	4	3925.00	15	10243.11	34	829.75			53	14997.86
Jharkhand	1	226.33	11	1955.82					12	2182.15
Karnataka	5	2472.18	22	4003.42	2	3.80	1	3.12	30	6482.52
Kerala	6	558.16	16	1822.86			1	1.50	23	2382.52
Madhya Pradesh	9	3656.36	25	7158.41					34	10814.77
Maharashtra	6	1273.60	35	14152.70	1	3.49			42	15429.79
Manipur	1	40.00	1	184.40					2	224.40
Meghalaya	2	267.48	3	34.20					5	301.68
Mizoram	2	150.00	8	1090.75					10	1240.75
Nagaland	1	202.02	3	20.34					4	222.36
Orissa	2	990.70	18	6969.15					20	7959.85
Punjab	0	0.00	12	323.70	1	4.95	2	16.07	15	344.72
Rajasthan	5	3947.07	25	5379.26	3	222.27			33	9548.60
Sikkim	1	1784.00	7	399.10					8	2183.10
Tamil Nadu	5	307.85	21	3521.95	1	0.03			27	3829.83
Tripura	2	36.71	4	566.93					6	603.64
Uttar Pradesh	1	490.00	23	5221.88					24	5711.88
Uttarakhand	6	4915.44	6	2418.61	2	42.27			14	7376.32
West Bengal	5	1693.25	15	1203.28					20	2896.53
Andaman & Nicobar	9	1153.94	96	389.39					105	1543.33
Chandigarh	0	0.00	2	26.01					2	26.01
Dadra & Nagar Haveli	0	0.00	1	92.16					1	92.16
Daman & Diu	0	0.00	1	2.19					1	2.19
Delhi	0	0.00	1	27.82					1	27.82
Lakshadweep	0	0.00	1	0.01					1	0.01
Pondicherry	0	0.00	1	3.90					1	3.90
Total	102	39888.12	515	119930.5	47	1382	4	21	668	161221.59

*Conservation Reserve

** Community Reserve

# Protected Areas (PAs)

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