Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of News item titled: 5 Jharkhand forest officers attacked by Stone mafia, appearing in The Times of India dated 24.03.2025. The application was taken up on the basis of a news item published in the Times of …
R Haldorai | ENS Coimbatore THE Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) project has seemingly hampered the sericulture (silkworm rearing) and mulberry plantation in the tribal settlement of Thallanji Vayal, 36 km away from Udumalpet. The Tamil Nadu State Department of Sericulture, along with the forest department and the district rural development …
Jeevan Chinnappa DUBARE ELEPHANT CAMP (KODAGU DT.): A five-day hunt to capture a wild elephant ended dramatically in the Maldare forest area in Kodagu on Tuesday with the capture of the animal by Forest Department officials. This came as a relief to the people of Maldare. The operation to track …
The Department of Forest began its search operation for rogue tuskers, which have been causing damage to farm land and properties in the region, here on Wednesday. Four deaths have occurred in Nanjarayapatna, Valnuru, Elane Hosakote, Thonduru, Maldare, Siddapura and the nearby regions, due to rogue elephant attacks. The operation …
By Shyam Sundar Vattam, DH News Service, Mysore: Kyata, a nine-year-old tusker, which is presently in a camp at Moorkal in Hunsur taluk of Mysore district for killing its mahout in K Gudi Forests of Chamarajanagar District last month, is in the news again. This time, the tusker broke an …
DH News Service,Mysore: To check the growing wild elephant-human conflicts, In-charge Deputy Conservator of Forests Yatish Kumar mooted a plan on the lines of South Africa to prevent wild elephants straying into human habitat in Mysore and Chamarajanagar districts. In South Africa, railway tracks have been used as fence and …
Tirupati, Nov. 26: Several villages continue to be in the grip of fear as the herd of 13 elephants that damaged standing crop in Bangarupalem mandal in Chittoor district have not left the area. Officials of the forest and revenue departments stood guard at the villages only till late in …
DIBRUGARH, Nov 12: The Larua Janata Solar Fencing Protection Committee (LJSFPC) has urged upon the district administration to pay compensation to the farmers of Larua Kolakhowa area under Barbarua development block affected by elephant depredation. Elephants have been creating havoc at several villages, namely Bordoibaam, Majgaon, Do-kolakhowa, Baam Kolakhowa, Itakhuli, …
K. Raju PALANI: Even as two domesticated elephants have commenced on Monday their work to drive a herd of wild animals into interior forests, the task seems to be very tough for them to achieve. Wild animals that retreated into forests during a raid returned to the farms at night. …
K. Raju PALANI: A herd of wild elephants has damaged standing crops in the lower Palani hills. Coconut, guava, banana and sugarcane crops in several acres have been destroyed in the past 10 days. All efforts, including crude methods adopted by local people, to drive away the elephants have gone …
Agartala, Nov 5: The Tripura Government has decided to set-up an elephant reserve in the State to preserve the animal which had nearly disappeared due to large-scale poaching and migration to neighbouring Bangladesh. The latest census has shown that the population of the elephant has gone up from 38 in …
DIBRUGARH, Nov 5: Belying the claims of the Dibrugarh District Forest Department for spending around Rs 7 lakh for putting in place a solar energize fencing from Madhupur to Dihing Than village of Larua Mouza to prevent elephant depredation, a team of 50 pachyderm entered into and destroyed paddy fields, …
Hyderabad, Nov. 4: The Giant African Land Snail (GALS) menace is back in the state and this time showing a more devastating effect. According to the state forest department officials of Araku valley, Paderu and Anantagiri in Visakhapatnam district, Vizaianagaram border area and other Agency areas are the most affected. …
DEHRA DUN: It was a miraculous escape for Pratap Singh Pundir of Dhalwala near Rishikesh as he took shelter inside his house after being chased by an elephant on Wednesday night. The pachyderm pulled down part of the house before being chased away by villagers. Similarly, rampaging elephants damaged two …
Mysore, dhns: Despite spending Rs 50 lakh to put up solar fence at Sollepura hamlet and other selected cluster villages to check the menace of wild elephants, it seem to be not working, for none has experienced a shock. Although it is
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PALAKKAD: The government has decided to raise the compensation to the dependants of the people killed in attacks by wild elephants from Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh, according to Forest Minister Benoy Viswom. The Minister said this while speaking to mediapersons at Olavakkode on Friday. Ganja plantat ions The …
NALBARI, Sept 30: People of Indo-Bhutan area in Baksa district have to spend sleepless night because of elephant menace since a few days. According to the local residents, a number of wild elephants came down from the dense forest of Into-Bhutan area, in search of crops, as a result of …
DONKAMOKAM, Sept 19: Khom Sangma (65), of village Wakanta group nine kilometres away from Donkamokam died after he was attacked by wild elephants. The victim was at his farm house at Borbil of Nagaon district looking after paddy, on that night. It was learnt that two days back, a group …
