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Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre, connected Monday, held an exigency gathering via video league with elder officers of the section and instructed the officials to alert radical successful the areas bordering forests astir the question of chaotic elephants.
The Minister held the gathering successful the aftermath of 2 deaths owed to elephant attacks wrong six days successful Chikkamagaluru, according to a communique from the Minister’s office.
Mr. Khandre told the officers to signifier WhatsApp groups of residents and planters successful the country bordering forests and alert them astir the question of elephants. “Human beingness is precious, and the nonaccomplishment of 2 lives is painful. The officers should guarantee specified incidents bash not repeat,” helium said.
Further, the Minister told the officers to behaviour the elephant capturing cognition by clamping prohibitory orders successful the country compulsorily to debar untoward incidents. He besides suggested the usage of thermal drones to way the question of the elephants.
During the meeting, the officers stated that aft the decease of 1 idiosyncratic connected February 16, the section had launched an cognition to seizure the elephant, and besides informed the section planters not to nonstop workers to the estates. However, they ignored the instructions. The Minister told the officers to record complaints against the planters who neglect the instructions.
At present, astir 35 chaotic elephants, dispersed implicit 3 groups, person been roaming successful parts of Chikkamagaluru district. “It is rather communal to expect the chaotic animals to determination retired of the wood areas during summer. However, the officers should instrumentality each measures indispensable to minimise the human-elephant conflict," helium said.
