Govt. help to be sought to speed up rail track barricading
The Hindu
Aim is to reduce human-animal conflict in Mysuru, Kodagu
The government will be urged to expedite the installation of rail track fence or barricades in areas prone to human-elephant conflict outside the forest periphery in Mysuru and Kodagu.
The Forest Department has also been asked to submit a detailed proposal and the imperatives of taking up the barricading work on a priority basis in Kodagu and surrounding regions so as to mitigate such conflicts.
Human-animal conflict with specific reference to elephants was a subject of discussion at the District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee held here on Thursday. Mysuru MP Pratap Simha said that he will take up the rail track fencing issue with the district in-charge Ministers of Mysuru and Kodagu and approach the government for additional funds.
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