This would require wildlife habitats to remain undisturbed and rivers, lakes, water and air to be unpolluted. It was thus the duty of the state and citizens to improve the natural environment, including forests, lakes, rivers and wildlife, and to have compassion for living creatures. The protection of this right was directly linked with clean environment. It was further observed by Justice MB Shah that the Right to Life was fundamental under Article 21 of the Constitution of India and included the right to pollution–free water and air. The committee observed that Saranda was one of the finest elephant habitats in India and hence, capping further iron mining in it must be considered. The ICFRE’s concluding report to the expert committee also raised concerns about the management of wildlife in the forest. In its final report, the WII also recommended to the expert committee to provide legal status to the Saranda forest.
The Saranda forest is a potential wildlife habitat and has sufficient plants and prey base to sustain both, herbivores and carnivores. The effect of mining on biodiversity was clearly observed up to 5 kilometres from the active mine boundary. According to the report, any mining activities in the future might completely block the movement of elephants through the Saranda area because all the active corridors had either been blocked or were being diverted towards mining.įurther, a total of three ‘hotspots’ were identified in the Saranda division for their high conservation value. Whereas, the Gua range, spread across the Saranda forest division and Noamundi range in the Chaibasa forest division had low density of wild species and floral diversity due to high mining activities.
It was found to be high due to low intensity of mining in the ranges. WII’s individual report clearly mentioned that the Koina, Sasangda and Samta ranges in the Saranda forest division had high biodiversity vis-à-vis diversity of mammals, birds, amphibians and butterflies.
In 2016, a study was conducted by the Indian Council of Forest Research and Training (ICFRE), Dehradun, in association with the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun. This committee, known as the Bisht Committee, submitted a report on illegal mining in Jharkhand, whereby, significant issues pertaining to the effect of mining on the ecology and environment of Saranda forest were raised. In response of the enquiry committee’s report, the then-Union Ministry of Environment and Forest constituted a multi-disciplinary expert committee to assess the carrying capacity of the Saranda forest division in Jharkhand. Some even tagged Elon Musk, NASA, and ISRO to look into the origins of the creature.On November 22, 2010, the Department of Mines, Government of India, had constituted an enquiry committee under the chairmanship of Justice MB Shah to look into illegal iron ore mining in the country. While some claimed that the odd creature from the Jharkhand viral video was a 'ghost', others claimed it was an 'alien' while some non-believers brushed off the incident as someone playing a prank. The news of the Jharkhand Hazaribagh alien caused a massive sensation on social media with netizens spooked. One of the bikers recording the video can be heard calling the supernatural creature a 'witch' (chudail) in the background, while others stop to observe the creature from the distance. In the video, several bikes come to a stop after they spot a translucent-like odd creature treading on the highway at a distance in the middle of the night. The 30-second viral video from Jharkhand shows an alien-like or ghost-like figure walking down the Chadwa Dam bridge in the dark. In another bizarre addition to 2021 after COVID-19 and a wide range of Fungus, now an alien was spotted in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh on Saturday. While some claimed that the odd creature from the Jharkhand viral video was a 'ghost', others claimed it was an 'alien' while some brushed it off as a prank. WATCH: 'Alien' Spotted In Jharkhand's Hazaribagh? Alien was spotted in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh.