Chennai, March 7(IANS) The Tamil Nadu government Wednesday said it would acquire 398 acres of private land and create an elephant corridor through Coimbatore and Nilgiri districts.
Speaking at the Biodiversity Conservation conference organised by the forest department, State Forest Minister N. Selvaraj said the corridor would be created this year.
Expressing concern over the increasing human-animal conflict, the minister said: "Death of human beings and injury to humans due to wild animal attacks is a source of major conflict between forest enclave dwellers, fringe dwellers and the animals."
Another area of concern was the damage done to crops and property, especially by elephants, wild boar and bison, he noted.
"Considering the critical importance of the corridors and realising the potential danger to the elephant population, steps have been taken to acquire certain private patta lands for the Moyar Valley elephant corridor and Kallar Jaccanari corridor," he announced Wednesday.
To prevent the wild animals from straying into fields and villages, the Tamil Nadu government has sanctioned Rs. 400 million
To read the full story click on the link in the blog title
No comments:
Post a Comment