Times of India
28 Jun 2008
BANGALORE: These innocent migrants from Karnataka which move into Maharashtra and Goa wouldn't have thought they would be triggering a new border row. Karnataka, which already has disputes with these two states over language, place and water, now has to tackle the jumbo row.
Maharashtra and Goa are holding Karnataka accountable for the elephant migration. They claim their crops are being damaged and want Karnataka to control the pachyderms. The problem has assumed such serious proportions that a series of high-level official meetings have taken place between Karnataka and Maharashtra. Six months ago, Maharashtra additional chief secretary held a meeting with then Karnataka forest secretary Sudhakar Rao.
The jumbo problem began two years ago when elephants in the forests of Khanapur in Belgaum district found in Goa a new destination. For reasons best known to them, they crossed into Goa via Kolhapur.
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