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Bird lovers from crossed Karnataka taking portion successful the three-day Karnataka Bird Festival, which was inaugurated by Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre successful Mangaluru connected Friday. | Photo Credit: H.S. Manjunath
Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre speaking astatine the inauguration of three-day Karnataka Bird Festival successful Mangaluru, connected Friday. | Photo Credit: H.S. Manjunath
While promising mounting up an elephant task unit successful Dakshina Kannada soon, Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre said connected Friday that the Forest Department is making usage of exertion to hint chaotic elephants entering quality habitations and thrust them backmost to the forest.
He was talking to reporters successful Mangaluru aft inaugurating the caller bureau of the Dakshina Kannada Deputy Conservator of Forests.
It was successful October that the Minister announced the determination to acceptable up the task unit successful the district. Headed by Dakshina Kannada Deputy Conservator of Forests, the task unit volition comprise an Assistant Conservator of Forests, a Range Forest Officer, a veterinarian, 4 Deputy RFOs, 8 wood guards, and 32 outsourced staff. It is projected to person 16 unit stationed successful Gundya to code complaints from Kukke Subrahmanya and adjoining areas, portion the remaining 16 volition beryllium based successful Sullia to code issues successful Sullia, Puttur, and adjoining areas.
A elder Forest Department authoritative said the record related to mounting up the task unit is pending with the Finance Department. A query was raised by the Finance Department and it was answered. Once it is approved, the task unit volition beryllium a reality, the authoritative said.
On Friday, the Minister besides inaugurated the Divisional Command and Control Centre, located successful the DCF’s office, which is among the 11 bid centres acceptable up crossed the State. The 11 centres are connected to Integrated Command and Control Centre successful Bengaluru, which volition code complaints related to man-animal conflict.
The Minister said the nationalist tin scope retired to the section by calling 1926 for immoderate grievance and man-animal conflict-related situation. The calls volition beryllium directed to related wood scope from wherever the section unit volition rapidly respond.
At the Divisional Control Centre successful Mangaluru, the Minister was briefed astir the enactment taken by the section successful driving backmost to the wood chaotic elephants recovered successful areas namely Mandekolu, Jalsur, and Arantodu betwixt December 29 and January 6. The section unit said they besides attended to complaints of nonaccomplishment of harvest erstwhile chaotic elephants attacked the farmland of Lakshman Gowda from Koltige colony of Puttur connected January 7.
Mr. Khandre besides laid the instauration chromatic for the operation of residential quarters of the Dakshina Kannada Deputy Conservator of Forest successful the city. Later, the Minister besides visited Pilikula and inaugurated the three-day 12th Karnataka Bird Festival.
