Mysuru: A recent incident by which a herd of 16 elephants ventured past the forest borders, and strayed into human habitation triggering panic amongst citizens in the area. The incident has turned the highlight again on the gaping void along the outer edge of the Bandipur Tiger Reserve where the elephant evidence trenches (EPTs) ought to be to prevent occurrence of human-animal conflict.
Officials of the forest department are certain to be napping fitfully in the run-up to the summer time, frightened in regards to the absence of SPTs. Human-animal conflict instances upward thrust considerably in the summer months straying into villages foraging for meals, and water. Besides the absence of EPTs, loss of adequate sun fencing along the borders of the reserve is the other main concern for the officers of the forest department. Villages in Nanjangud and Heggada Devana (HD) Kote were known as delicate spaces, where extra warning is being taken with a purpose to save you each animals and humans coming into risk.
Officials of the forest department admit to loss of adequate protection measures close to Chikkadevamma Betta in HD Kote taluk. The area, because the title suggests, is a hillock which is hemmed in by lengthy eucalyptus bushes. “Elephants common the area to drink from a stream that gurgles close to the hillock. Chikkadevamma Betta falls in that area that constitutes the backwaters of Nugu Reservoir, and consequently, it draws many wild animals. Some of the animals manage to get past the hillock, and enter human habitation, a lot to the chagrin of the citizens. An area of roughly 17.26sqkm is unprotected, which is a big concern for us,” an professional of the forest department mentioned.
A veterinarian pointed to the elephant’s strong sense of odor, to which he ascribed the disproportionate presence of jumbos in instances of human-animal conflict. “Elephants are voracious eaters, and can commute simply at evening. They stay chewing meals for almost 18 hours in an afternoon,” he added.
The other problem the forest department has to confront is the reluctance among the villagers to file sighting of elephants to the authorities concerned. “What they do instead is power the jumbos to other villagers, which is hardly ever a solution. In reality, it best makes using elephant herds again to the woods tougher,” mentioned every other forester.
Range forest officer for Omkara Range of the Bandipur Tiger Reserve NP Naveen Kumar told TOI, “We have asked villagers to be vigilant, and stay a detailed watch on animal job in their fields. The trouble is that few have obliged our request. What they do is power the herd away to give protection to their crops. We had despatched a suggestion for developing an EPT and putting in sun fencing to cover an area of four.05sqkm. The proposal has been authorized, and paintings will begin on the earliest.”
Officials of the forest department are certain to be napping fitfully in the run-up to the summer time, frightened in regards to the absence of SPTs. Human-animal conflict instances upward thrust considerably in the summer months straying into villages foraging for meals, and water. Besides the absence of EPTs, loss of adequate sun fencing along the borders of the reserve is the other main concern for the officers of the forest department. Villages in Nanjangud and Heggada Devana (HD) Kote were known as delicate spaces, where extra warning is being taken with a purpose to save you each animals and humans coming into risk.
Officials of the forest department admit to loss of adequate protection measures close to Chikkadevamma Betta in HD Kote taluk. The area, because the title suggests, is a hillock which is hemmed in by lengthy eucalyptus bushes. “Elephants common the area to drink from a stream that gurgles close to the hillock. Chikkadevamma Betta falls in that area that constitutes the backwaters of Nugu Reservoir, and consequently, it draws many wild animals. Some of the animals manage to get past the hillock, and enter human habitation, a lot to the chagrin of the citizens. An area of roughly 17.26sqkm is unprotected, which is a big concern for us,” an professional of the forest department mentioned.
A veterinarian pointed to the elephant’s strong sense of odor, to which he ascribed the disproportionate presence of jumbos in instances of human-animal conflict. “Elephants are voracious eaters, and can commute simply at evening. They stay chewing meals for almost 18 hours in an afternoon,” he added.
The other problem the forest department has to confront is the reluctance among the villagers to file sighting of elephants to the authorities concerned. “What they do instead is power the jumbos to other villagers, which is hardly ever a solution. In reality, it best makes using elephant herds again to the woods tougher,” mentioned every other forester.
Range forest officer for Omkara Range of the Bandipur Tiger Reserve NP Naveen Kumar told TOI, “We have asked villagers to be vigilant, and stay a detailed watch on animal job in their fields. The trouble is that few have obliged our request. What they do is power the herd away to give protection to their crops. We had despatched a suggestion for developing an EPT and putting in sun fencing to cover an area of four.05sqkm. The proposal has been authorized, and paintings will begin on the earliest.”
Forest dept worried over lack of EPTs, solar fencing in Bandipur
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February 15, 2019
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