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Minister for Forest, Ecology, and Environment Eshwar B. Khandre said successful Chamarajanagar connected Sunday that the spate of tiger attacks successful caller times could beryllium attributed to the emergence successful their colonisation amidst a diminution successful wood abstraction to accommodate them.
Mr. Khandre interacted with farmers and different stakeholders successful Chamarajanagar to elicit nationalist sentiment and suggestions truthful arsenic to trim human-animal struggle successful the region. The gathering followed 3 tiger attacks wrong a span of 2 weeks, which killed 2 farmers and injured another.
The Minister said that successful 1972, Bandipur had lone 12 tigers, whereas its colonisation was pegged astatine 153 arsenic connected date. “The emergence successful the tiger colonisation and the alteration successful wood abstraction disposable for them has worsened the problem,” helium added.
Mr. Khandre said that astir 55 to 60 radical dice successful Karnataka each twelvemonth owed to chaotic carnal attacks. In 2021-22, 41 radical were killed — 28 by elephants, 2 by tigers, and 11 by different chaotic animals. In 2022-23, 57 radical were killed — 32 by elephants, 5 by tigers, and 20 by different animals; whereas successful 2023–24, 65 radical were killed — 48 by elephants, 5 by tigers, and 12 by different animals.
Further, Mr. Khandre said that successful 2024–25, 46 radical mislaid their lives — 36 from elephant attacks, 2 from tiger attacks, and 8 from attacks by different chaotic animals; portion successful 2025-26, 30 radical person been killed truthful acold successful chaotic carnal attacks, including 20 by elephants and fpur by tigers.
Responding to complaints posed by farmers, Mr. Khandre said that the authorities has not permitted immoderate amerciable homestays oregon resorts, oregon unlawful chromatic quarrying successful immoderate wood country of the State. “If immoderate wide ailment is received regarding amerciable quarrying, homestays, oregon resorts operating wrong wood areas, strict enactment volition beryllium taken without immoderate leniency,” helium added.
The Minister said that a two-member adept committee has been constituted by the section to survey arsenic to wherefore chaotic animals are entering quality settlements, and to find imaginable solutions for the same. “In addition, the suggestions fixed by farmers and the nationalist successful today’s gathering volition beryllium compiled, discussed, and implemented,” said Mr. Khandre.
Farmers sought higher compensation for harvest nonaccomplishment owed to wildlife depredation, and Mr. Khandre said that the contented volition beryllium discussed with the Chief Minister.
Integrated bid centre
An integrated bid centre volition beryllium established and modern exertion volition beryllium harnessed to code struggle situations, the Minister said. Modern technologies and connection systems volition beryllium utilized to supply alerts to the nationalist astir the beingness of wildlife, helium added.
Noting the paucity of veterinary enactment which was being provided done the Animal Husbandry Department, Mr. Khandre said that a connection has been submitted to make a abstracted cadre of wildlife veterinarians and marque nonstop appointments.
K. Venkatesh, Minister successful complaint of Chamarajanagar district; H.C. Mahadevappa, Social Welfare Minister; Ganesh Prasad, A.R. Krishnamurthy, Anil Chikkamadu, Darshan Dhruvanarayan, and C. Puttarangashetty, MLAs; C.N. Manje Gowda, MLC; Shilpa Nag, Chamarajanagar Deputy Commissioner; G. Lakshmikant Reddy, Mysuru Deputy Commissioner; Meenakshi Negi, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests; P.C. Rai, Chief Wildlife Warden; and elder wood officials were present.
