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A delegation from the Karnataka Growers’ Federation (KGF) met with Union Minister for Environment, Forests, and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav successful Delhi connected Monday and urged him to instrumentality factual measures to enactment an extremity to the human-elephant struggle successful the Chikkamagaluru, Hassan, and Kodagu districts.
The delegation, led by Halase Shivanna, president of the KGF, conveyed to the Minister the problems faced by growers successful the Malnad portion owed to the conflict. Many radical person been killed by elephants, and the animals person damaged crops, causing immense losses, helium said.
The Minister told the delegation that helium was good alert of the occupation and assured the KGF of the Union government’s enactment successful addressing the issue. He besides mentioned that his section had reserved funds to tackle the problem.
The delegation besides met with the Additional Director General of the MoEF&CC, Ramesh K. Pandey, regarding this issue. The serviceman informed the delegation that the ministry had gathered accusation astir the struggle prevailing successful 8 states and had prepared a broad enactment program to code the situation. He besides stated that a associated gathering involving representatives from the Centre, Karnataka State, and KGF would beryllium held successful Bengaluru successful the 3rd week of May this year. The delegation handed implicit a elaborate study connected the human-elephant struggle to the officer.
The delegation included KGF vice president K.K. Vishwanath, Chikkamagaluru District Planters’ Association president K.U. Rathish, Mudigere taluk portion caput K.D. Manohar, and a typical of Hassan territory unit, M.G. Sachin.
