Chikkamagaluru residents demand preventive action on human-elephant conflicts
Over the last four days, two persons – Subrayagowda and Anith – fell victim to wild elephants at Balehonnur in N R Pura taluka of Chikkamagaluru district, prompting the protests.
Elephants typically venture out of forests in search of food and water during severe droughts. However, of late, the jumbos have been moving out of their natural habitats even though there is enough rainfall across the state and ample fodder available in the forests, leaving many an animal expert baffled.
Forest minister Eshwar Khandre held a virtual meeting with field officials and senior forest officials on Monday. "All field officials must pay attention to this trend [elephants venturing out of the forests] and ensure that deaths do not recur in the future," Khandre told the officials.
Following the minister's directives, a rescue mission is set to be launched in Balehonnur.
Khandre sought a report on why these human-animal conflicts were being reported from new areas.
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He instructed forest officials to make use of Elephant Rapid Action Force personnel to drive the jumbos back into the forests.
Cautioning forest officials, the minister further said: "Due to heavy rains over the past three months, the elephant-proof trenches are badly damaged. Solar fencing and tentacle fencing have also snapped due to treefall. These must be repaired on priority and beat foresters must keep a watch on these."
The minister said the state govt has released funds to take up rail barricade fencing work immediately.
Khandre directed forest officials to submit a detailed project report for setting up a centralised command centre to disseminate alerts about wildlife movements in human habitats. He instructed the chief wildlife warden of Karnataka to hold weekly virtual review meetings with the chief conservators, conservators and deputy conservators.
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Hunt on for jumbos
An operation to rescue and relocate wild elephants and Kumki elephants will be carried out at Balehonnur.
C N Meena Nagaraj, the deputy commissioner, Chikkamagaluru, said: "Captive elephants from the Sakrebailu camp in Shivamogga have arrived and the officials will launch a rescue operation on Tuesday, along with three veterinarians and other support staff.
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