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Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre said successful Mangaluru connected Friday that a ₹300-crore bundle has been prepared for rehabilitating wood dwellers successful Kudremukh National Park (KNP) area. The bundle volition beryllium placed earlier Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and aft his concurrence it volition beryllium implemented, helium said.
Speaking astatine the inauguration of the three-day 12th Karnataka Bird Festival astatine Pilikula Nisargadhama, Mr. Khandre said 300 families person already been rehabilitated from KNP and 300 much are yet to beryllium rehabilitated. A peculiar rehabilitation bundle is ready. If these families are rehabilitated the man-animal struggle successful the country volition reduce, helium said.
Joint inspection
A associated survey of deemed forests is presently connected and wrong 3 months a study volition beryllium submitted to the Supreme Court connected the same. The study volition intelligibly notation which are authorities properties.
The section volition supply protective instrumentality and peculiar allowances to frontline wood section personnel, who are protecting the wood by risking their lives. For the untimely decease of a imperishable employee, compensation of ₹1 crore volition beryllium given, portion ₹20 lakh volition beryllium paid to an outsourced employee, arsenic per the department’s strategy devised successful relation with Bank of Baroda, helium said.
District in-charge Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao and Moodibidri MLA Umanath Kotian besides spoke. MP Capt. Brijesh Chowta and MLC Ivan D’Souza were present.
350 instrumentality part
As galore arsenic 350 students and different vertebrate lovers from crossed the State are taking portion successful the festival, organised by the Karnataka Eco Tourism Development Board. The participants volition beryllium divided into 10 teams and each squad volition beryllium progressive successful a way of 12 designated places, which includes the coast, wetlands, and estuaries. A prize volition beryllium fixed to the squad that records bully fig of vertebrate species.
