With reference to the Draft Third National Wildlife Action Plan for 2017 2031 consider the following...........

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With reference to the Draft Third National Wildlife Action Plan for 2017-2031, consider the following statements:

1. Sand mining has been classified as the most destructive activity under this plan.

2. It prescribes the Ministry of water resources to opt for minor irrigation projects instead of big irrigation projects in the protected areas.

3. It wants proper rehabilitation of degraded and abandoned mining areas.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

Only One statement is correct

Only two statements are correct

all three statements are correct

All statements are incorrect

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Explanation:

Statement 1 is correct. Sand mining is a highly destructive activity in which many stakeholders including politicians are involved. Likewise, impactive is the activity of collection of boulders from river beds to manufacture metal for construction and making roads. These operations have negative impacts on river dynamics resulting in increase in damage during floods and cause serious erosion Statement 2 is correct. This action plan aims to convince Ministry of Water Resources not to pursue big projects for irrigation in the area and to opt for minor irrigation relying on check dams, ponds, wells and other appropriate water harvesting units. Statement 3 is correct. This action plan aims to pressurize the Ministry of Steel and Mines to exclude protected areas/wildlife corridors from their mining plans. Proper rehabilitation of degraded and abandoned mining areas should also be done.