Relocation of human settlements inside forest areas is being reviewed: Khandre

Minister for Forest, Ecology, and Environment Eshwar Khandre connected Monday said that arsenic the wildlife colonisation successful the State has increased, the relocation of quality settlements wrong the wood is being reviewed.

He said that strict measures undertaken by the Forest Department against wildlife poaching has resulted successful an summation successful the fig of wildlife. However, the wood country has not accrued successful enactment with the expanding fig of wildlife, which has led to human-wildlife conflict.

“The fig of tigers successful Bandipur, which was lone 12 successful 1972, has accrued to much than 170 today, truthful the anemic tigers are coming retired of the wood and incidents of human-wildlife struggle are happening,” helium said.

In bid to code this, Mr. Khandre said that a meeting, to beryllium chaired by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, would beryllium held soon to amended the coordination betwixt assorted departments.

“By relocating the quality settlements wrong the forest, the wood dwellers and their children volition participate the mainstream of society. In addition, human-wildlife struggle volition besides beryllium reduced. Compensation volition person to beryllium fixed for the relocation. It volition person to beryllium done successful stages. This volition beryllium imaginable if wealth is allocated for this successful the State Budget,” helium said.