The Hindu
July 12, 2007
Bhubaneswar, July 12 (PTI): In a bid to contain elephant intrusion into human habitations, the Orissa government has initiated a series of measures including easy availability of food and water inside jungles for the pachyderms.
Elephants were mostly coming out of forests and entering human habitations in search of food and water, Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik, said in the State Assembly last night.
"The government is taking steps to create at least 200 new water bodies in different elephant habitats where fodder species suitable for the tuskers were being grown in specific pockets," he said while replying to the debate on the demand for budgetary grants relating to the forest and environment department.
This apart, the forest officials were asked to ensure eradication of weeds from the habitats, he said.
The Chief Minister said that anti-depredation and anti-poaching measures had been enforced in all protected areas in the State by deploying squads to take up regular patrolling in vulnerable areas and also to act as a strike force.
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