 bill no 186 of  2016 the wildlife corridors bill, 2016 by shri rahul shewale, mp a billto constitute a board to identify areas for developing exclusive wildlife corridors and for matters connected therewith or incidental theretobe  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—definition2 in this act, unless the context other requires, "wildlife corridors" means a habitatlinkage that joins two or more areas of wildlife habitat allowing movement of wildlife from one area to another53 (1) the central government shall, by notification in the official gazette, constitute a board to be known as the wildlife corridors identification board to identify areas in every state, which shall be developed as exclusive wildlife corridorsconstitution of the wildlife corridors identification board(2) the board shall, while identifying areas for wildlife corridors, ensure that theareas to be developed as wildlife corridors are located at a distance of at least ten kilometers from areas inhabited by human beings104 the central government shall, within one year of the identification of areas, take steps to develop such areas as exclusive wildlife corridorscentral government to develop wildlife corridors5 no person shall—(i) use the wildlife corridors; (ii) construct any building in or near the wildlife corridors;prohibition on certain activities in wildlife corridors15(iii) cut any tree in the wildlife corridors;(iv) ride any vehicle within one kilometer on either side of the wildlife corridors; (v) set fire or use any fire cracker in or near the wildlife corridors; and (vi) use of any fire arms in or near the wildlife corridors206 if any wild animal during movement strays outside the wildlife corridors or enters human inhabitation, the forest officer concerned shall take steps to sent back such animal to wildlife corridorsstrayed animals to be sent back to wildlife corridors penalty7 whoever violates the provision of this act shall be punished with fine which mayextend upto rupees one lakh8 notwithstanding anything in this act, the wildlife corridors may be used for—25(i) transportation of human beings in case of medical emergency; (ii) transportation of sick wild animals for medical treatment; anduse of wildlifecorridors forspecific purposes(iii) putting off fire in forest areas9 the provisions of this act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other law, for the time being in forceact not in derogation of any other law for the time being in force30power to make rules10 (1) the central government may, by notification in the offical gazette, make rulesfor carrying out the purposes of this act35(2) every rule make under this act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each house of parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both the houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule statement  of  objects  and  reasonsin the recent years, there has been gross interference in the ecosystem both by wild animals and human beings as a result, the ecosystem has not only been destroyed but also there has been a considerable loss to human life, property and economy of the country incidents of wild animals straying into human inhabitation and destroying the crops are not uncommon likewise human beings have extensively damaged the forests forcing the wild animals coming into conflict with human beingstherefore, in order to have a proper balance, it is proposed to set up designated corridors for wildlifehence this billnew delhi;rahul shewalejuly 5, 2016 financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for constitution of the wildlife identification board to identify areas in every state for development of wildlife corridors clause 4 provides that the central government shall take steps to develop wildlife corridors the bill, therefore, if enacted would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a recurring expenditure of about rupees five hundred crore per annum would be involved from the consolidated fund of india for maintenance of wildlife corridorsa non-recurring expenditure of about rupees one hundred crore is likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 10 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill as the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character———— a billto constitute a board to identify areas for developing exclusive wildlife corridors and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto————(shri rahul shewale, mp)