Forest Minister to hold meeting with officers in Hassan on Friday regarding human-elephant conflict
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Forest Minister Eshwar B. Khandre will be visiting Hassan on Friday to hold a meeting with officers of the department regarding the human-elephant conflict.
The Minister will leave Bengaluru in the morning and reach Holenarasipur to take part in the Basaveshwara Jayanti programme. Later, he will travel to Hassan, where he will hold a meeting with officers at the Aranya Bhavan in the city, before returning to Bengaluru.
The people of Sakleshpur, Belur, and Alur have staged several protests demanding a permanent solution to the elephant menace. As many as five people have died in the district in elephant attacks since January this year. Whenever a death occurred, the villagers staged protests. Elected representatives of the district have urged the State government to put an end to the crisis.
The Forest Department has launched an operation to capture elephants that cause trouble. On the first day of the operation on Thursday, the staff successfully captured a tusker. Earlier in March, three elephants were captured. The department has planned to set up the elephant soft-release centre in the Bhadra Tiger Reserve. The project is in the planning stage.
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