Bengaluru: In response to the rising concerns over forest encroachment and the resulting human-animal conflict in Karnataka, Forest Minister Eshwar B. Khandre has taken decisive steps to address the pressing issue. The government is now focused on taking legal action against those who encroach on forest land, with particular emphasis on safeguarding the Western Ghats and ensuring sustainable development.
Addressing senior officers and DCFs at a progress review meeting at his office yesterday, the Minister asked the senior forest officers to direct the local jurisdictional officers to mandatorily visit the areas of human-animal conflicts arising out of encroachments and straying of animals into human habitat and other factors. Compensation must be immediately released and the affected families must be consoled, he said.
