{"id":201015,"date":"2018-08-31T09:54:44","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T04:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=201015"},"modified":"2018-08-31T10:38:58","modified_gmt":"2018-08-31T05:08:58","slug":"conserving-environment-is-duty-of-the-state-bugyal-must-be-resumed-to-nature-to-provide-for-whom-it-was-meant-uttaranchal-hc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/08\/31\/conserving-environment-is-duty-of-the-state-bugyal-must-be-resumed-to-nature-to-provide-for-whom-it-was-meant-uttaranchal-hc\/","title":{"rendered":"Conserving environment is duty of the State; \u2018Bugyal\u2019 must be resumed to nature to provide for whom it was meant: Uttaranchal HC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Uttaranchal High Court: <\/strong>A Division Bench of Rajiv Sharma, ACJ. and Lok Pal Singh, J., gave directions to the State Government against the encroachment upon the Alpine meadows in the State.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The petition was sought to conserve and preserve Bugyal (Alpine meadows) situated below the area of Roopkund in District Chamoli. Referred to as the \u2018Nature\u2019s own gardens\u2019, the area was primarily meant for grazing the sheep and goats and comprises of life-saving medicinal plants. It had been prayed to direct the forest department to make a Policy for the protection of Aali-Bedini-Bagzi Bugyals, consequently restricting grazing of sheep and goats to local shepherds hence making it non- commercialized. The petition also directed to remove permanent fibre huts constructed by the Forest department made of concrete base thereby restricting the overnight stay of the tourists in the local surroundings plus put an end to the gathering of \u2018Keera Jari\u2019 (Yarsagambu, a medicinal plant) as the area suffered from soil erosion, pollution and poaching of animals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Court concluded that it was the duty of the State to protect and improve the environment, forests and wildlife of the country as per Article 48A of the Constitution of India following which it also underlined the fundamental duty towards the environment of each individual under Article 58A(g).\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Accordingly, the bench disposed of the PIL with following directions:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>To remove all the permanent structures from Bugyals.<\/li>\n<li>To constitute the Eco-Development Committees.<\/li>\n<li>To restrict the number of tourists to 200 visiting the alpine meadows.<\/li>\n<li>To ban overnight stay in the Alpine.<\/li>\n<li>The commercial grazing of cattle was banned and only the local shepherds alone would be permitted to graze their cattle on the Bugyals by restricting the number of cattle.<\/li>\n<li>To conduct systematic survey of its flora.<\/li>\n<li>Every forest division should have a herbarium of important medicinal, rare, threatened and botanically interesting plants for reference and done only through government\/public sector, as recommended by the experts.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[Aali-Bedini-Bagzi\u00a0Bugyal\u00a0Sanrakshan Samiti v. 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