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Minister for Forest, Environment and Ecology Eshwar Khandre connected Sunday distributed cheques — amounting to ₹2.09 crore successful full — to 5 families for relocating from the Kudremukh National Park (KNP) area.
Distributing the cheques during the two-day cashew mela astatine Kadri Park, a programme organised by the Karnataka Cashew Development Corporation (KCDC), the Minister said that the 5 families had voluntarily agreed to relocate nether the KNP rehabilitation package.
Those fixed cheques included the wives of 2 persons, precocious Harish Shetty and precocious Umesh Gowda, who were killed successful an elephant onslaught adjacent Kerekatte (Sringeri) nether the Kudremukh Wildlife Division connected October 31, 2025. Of them, Asha Shetty, woman of precocious Shetty, was fixed a cheque for ₹55.56 lakh, and Usha, woman of precocious Gowda, was handed a cheque for ₹25.38 lakh.
In addition, Ramesh of Sringeri received a cheque for ₹56.23 lakh, Jalajamma of Keregadde (Sringeri) got ₹36.36 lakh, and Sharada of Keregrama (Sringeri) was fixed ₹36.16 lakh.
Speaking connected the occasion, the Minister said the authorities had sanctioned ₹2.38 crore for 2025-26 for the relocation of families, of which ₹2.09 crore has present been distributed. In addition, the authorities has sanctioned ₹20 crore for relocation nether the bundle during 2026-27.
He said 350 of the 1,300 families wrong the KNP person been relocated aft being compensated nether the package, portion different 300 families person applied for relocation and volition beryllium shifted successful phases.
Efforts volition beryllium made to relocate the remaining families if they travel guardant voluntarily, helium said.
The Minister said that, considering the information of the families of those who died successful past year’s elephant attack, 2 persons from those families were employed successful the Forest Department connected an outsourced ground connected humanitarian grounds. In addition, each household was fixed ₹20 lakh arsenic compensation.
He said that, to mitigate human-animal conflict, the authorities has sanctioned a 25-member elephant task unit for Dakshina Kannada. The unit person been trained.
