24 Jan 2023

The Orissa High Court has requested the State Government to expeditiously approve the Comprehensive Action Plan (CAP) submitted by the Chief Conservator of Forests to tackle the problem of human-elephant conflict and to protect elephants from various man-made hazards.

Dr. Manoj Nair, Chief Conservator of Forests virtually appeared before the Division Bench of Chief Justice Dr. S. Muralidhar and Justice Murahari Sri Raman and submitted the “Comprehensive Action Plan for Conservation of Elephants and Mitigation of Human-Elephant Conflict in Odisha”, which was previously ordered by the Court to be drawn up.

He said that District Level Human Wildlife Conflict Mitigation Committees need to be constituted under the chairmanship of Collectors and having the representatives of the Superintendents of Police and Heads of relevant line Departments and the DFOs being the Member Secretaries.

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