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Hon Shri Narendra Modiji
& Shri Amitji Shah, Saprem Pranam from Tigers of Tadoba!!....
“Wild animals are less wild
and more human than many humans of this world” ― Munia Khan
“In the delicate
intersection between untamed habitats and the ever-expanding web of roads,
roadkill emerges as a familiar tragedy, a testament to the perils faced by
wildlife in their struggle for survival amidst the encroaching human
presence.” ― Rove Monteux
‘This is a country of strong beliefs. Just because some two
people say something, people don't bow down”…. Shri Amitji Shah Ho.Home Monsiter of India
“It is my firm belief that
the solution to all problems lies in dialogue” … Shri. Narendra Modi, Prime
Minister, India
“The only drawback of the
tigers by me is, they are not a vote bank for the humans” … Me.
Dear Sirs,
We only can hope (and pray)
that these words reach you as that’s the only hope for the species who has
assigned us this job to write to you & on that single species lies the fate
of thousand many more species! Yes, we are writing on behalf of tigers ,let's say,
a group of tigers residing near tadoba forest. First & foremost, we
are (along with tigers) thankful to you for achieving great success on a front
where no other country in the world has succeeded & that is, increase in
numbers of tigers, especially in Chandrapur District of Maharashtra & this
credit must be given to you both as top bosses of the system which we call
govt! But there is a phrase in Marathi, “Yuddhat Jinke & Tahat
Gamawle” mean you won the war & lost it in making treaty after the war
(your friend Trump can explain it better way, sorry sarcasm) & this phrase
is the exact situation to describe what’s happening on the front of tigers
right now in entire country. Obviously where population is most the problems
are at their peak for e.g. problems of infrastructure inadequacy such as water
scarcity, air pollution, traffic jams (to name a few) are worst in cities such
as Bengaluru, Pune, Mumbai as humans’ population is more (read as concentrated)
in these cities or region! Exactly going by the logic as Chandrapur district
has maximum numbers of tigers in the entire world, problems for the tigers are
at peak here which you only can solve is subject of this letter!
In the same way, space is
biggest problematic issue for the tigers & like you have your efficient
minister Roadkari alias Gadkariji for the human’s comforts & many other to
take care of humans needs, there is no such provision for a tiger even though
we call him a King of the forest that’s why we have to right letter to King
& Dy. King of Humans i.e. you two! The list of problems in front of the tigers is
long but this particular letter I am writing for shifting a railway track which
connects Ballarshah to Gondiya & cuts across Tadoba
region’s major forests which has taken life of more than a dozen of tigers in
just last five years along with many sloth bears, leopards, deer & lots of
other wild animals which are part of chain we call wildlife! Most recent is, on
28th May 2026 a young tigress got killed near Sindewahi/
Bramhapuri, on this railway track! Respected Modiji & Shah sir, we agree,
railway lines are important for humans & they serve a great deal for our
comfort but unfortunately unlike humans we can’t teach how to cross a railway
track carefully, to the tigers, which cuts across right from their home i.e.
forest! Even in our home, imagine in a passage if we tie a rope across &
put a signage there, “rope across be careful’! Yet I am sure every other day
one or more family members will tumble over that rope & here we are talking
about a railway track with railway’s travelling on it with full speed all the
day & night on it & it’s like a rope tied across the passage in home of
a tiger, imagine what’s the scene here!
Time & again many
wildlife lovers even forest dept. has requested the concerned bosses in Delhi
for making necessary arrangements for safety of tigers & other wildlife
which is under direct threat because of this railway track but nothing has been
done & recently last week a young tigress lost its life on the very same
track! Modiji, have you ever experienced such a sight in a forest where a tiger
has died under the railway or been hit by a truck on road, I am sure you
haven’t. Indeed, in this country where nearly one & half lakh humans die in
road accidents every year, death of few tigers isn’t big thing but the major
difference is, humans have built roads, railways track along with trains &
cars by themselves & for their comfort & so they have made safety
arrangements also & traffic rules which when they only ignore, accidents
happen & tigers has no such provisions! Here, this Gondiya-Ballarsha railway
track, the tigers haven't built it so they don’t know how to
cross it safely & they don’t know what time a train is coming on it,
accordingly they should avoid crossing at such times, this track. Imagine
a tiger, king of jungle happily or with pride moving in jungle, & a railway
track comes in its path & he tries to cross it just as a small stream or
undulation in the path & suddenly a very large smoke blowing object charges
at the tiger & just crushes him! What the tiger must be thinking
when he was meeting his death under a speeding railway engine, he wouldn’t even
understand what killed him & why, that’s the look in the eyes of most dead
wild animals which I was unfortunate to witness in “road kills” (term for such
deaths of wild animals) & it haunts me ever, those questioning eyes, what’s
my fault, human! And Hon Modiji, when the tiger in such mishaps is a
tigress which dies leaving her cubs, have we ever imagined what happens to
those cubs! As any death is sad even of humans where mom dies leaving her kids
behind but we are social animals & we have someone to take care of such
kids in most cases but when you are cursed of being a tiger then there are no
socialites! The tigress always instructs cubs not to come in open or leave their
place unless she returns from her round which usually is for food & when
such tigress meets her death in the form of a railway engine, the poor cubs
keep waiting desperately for their mom, nobody to tell them that she will never
return now & nobody to feed them & in most cases these cubs die because
of starvation as they don’t move from the place which their mom has asked them
to stay at, till her return. If the cubs are fortunate to be found by
forest dept then also they can’t survive on their own in the wilds & has to
spend the rest of their life in captivity, just because their mom doesn’t know
how to cross a railway line or a highway!
So, Hon Modiji & Shah
sir, let’s take an oath on this World Environment Day (5th June
2026), no more deaths of tiger on railway track or highways & let’s start
from making such arrangements at this particular railway track in Sindewahi-Mul
region of Chandrapur, is our humble sincere, heartfelt request to you! And it's not rocket science,
agreed, the track is in existence, so, first make it fenced with chain-link all
along & then make overpass as well underpass at every 1 km distance of just
30 to 40 ft wide in all the forest patch with load to carry only animals’
weight, not something heavy. Wild animals are much smarter than humans &
they understand safety better than us & eventually will star using these
passes for sure. As well, we can take solutions from the experts also for the
same & till that time at least curtail the speed of all the trains passing
from this track, this much you can definitely do. At the same time conduct a
constant awareness drive among railway staff including engine drivers till the
alternate arrangements are in place & most importantly make budget
provision for the same & a monitoring system for it under your strict
supervision! One of the most popular hashtags on social media is #ModiHaiToMumkinHai,
only unfortunate thing is, tigers don’t have social media account & can’t
post their plea on Man-Ki-Baat, so we are doing this for them & we can only
hope that these words reach you & the change starts from railway-track in
Bramhapuri-Chandrapur range! To conclude, dear Modiji & Shah Sir, Modiji
has said in his one of speeches, “every problem can be solved via dialogue”, so
please consider this letter as a dialogue from the tigers of Tadoba for their
problem with the railway-track, is all we can say; awaiting your kind attention
& action for ever, thanking you in advance …!!
.... Hemangi Vartak (09923558588), Anuj Khare, Vinod Bartakke, Sanjay Deshpande & many wild life lovers & Tigers of Tadoba.
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