We express our gratitude to the following individuals and agencies for their co-operation and support during the fieldwork and valuable suggestions, helpful comments, technical inputs and assistance in the preparation of this report.

Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India (MOEF)

Dr. R. Anand kumar, Director, IA Division and Dr. S.K. Aggarwal, Assitional Director, (Infrastructure).

Andhra Pradesh Roads and Buildings Department (APRBD)

Mr. Murahari Reddy, Engineer-in-chief; Mr. Ramahia, Executive Engineer; Mr. G. Ram Reddy, Deputy Executive Engineer and Mr. Mahendra Reddy, Environmental Officer.

Andhra Pradesh Forest Department (APFD)

Mr. S.D. Mukherjee, Principal Chief Conservator of Forest; Mr. T. Ramakrishna, Chief Conservator of Forests; Md. Sultan Moiuddin, Chief Conservator of Forests; Mr. Sunil Kumar, Conservator of Forests, Telgu Ganga project; Mr. Vinay Kumar, D.F.O. Nandyal Division; Mr. Vara Prasad, ACF; Mr. Waheed, Asst. Field Direcrtor, Rajiv Ganchi Tiger Reserve, Achampet; Mr. B.M. Chankya Raju, Forest Range Officer; Mr. R.C.P. Kumar, F.S.O. train Party; Mr. S. Madar Saheb; Mr. Dhana Raj, Forest Guard, Train Party; Mr, P. Ahmed Khan and Mr. K. Anandam, Forest Guard.

Kirloskar Consultants Ltd.

Mr. V.C.N. Mukund, Consultant.

Wildlife Institute of India

Mr. Panna Lal, Mr. Jayanta Kalitha, Mr. Sunil Naithani, Mr. Prakash Kr. Dash, Mr. Antesh, Mr. Narinder Singh Bist, Mr. Mukesh Arora, and Mr. Mohan Singh.

We are grateful to Mr. Chris Hoban and Mr. Anil Somani of The World Bank for providing us the opportunity and financial support to undertake this study.

(Asha Rajvanshi) (Vinod B. Mathur) (Sujit K. Mukherjee) (Geza C. Teleki)