NEW DELHI: The Madhya Pradesh government on Sunday increased compensation from Rs 8 lakh to Rs 25 lakh to families of those killed in wild animal attacks.
This announcement came after an elephant claimed two lives near the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in Umaria district.
"We have decided to raise the compensation for the loss of lives due to wild animal attacks from Rs 8 lakh to 25 lakh. We have also covered the families of the two persons who were killed (in elephant attacks) in Umaria under it," MP chief minister Mohan Yadav told news agency PTI.
The increase in compensation was implemented shortly after forest minister Pradeep Ahirwar distributed the previous compensation amount of Rs 8 lakh each to the affected families in Umaria district.
A captured elephant had fatally attacked Ramratan Yadav (50) in Devra village, approximately 10 kilometres from the tiger reserve.
The same elephant later killed Bhairav Kol (35) in Brahe village within the buffer zone of Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, and injured Malu Sahu (32) in Banka.
Meanwhile, the Union environment ministry had initiated an independent inquiry into the death of 10 elephants in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve and said preventive measures are being taken by state officials to avoid the possibility of such incidents.
Out of those ten dead elephants, one was male and nine were female. Amongst the ten dead elephants, six were juvenile/sub-adults and four were adults.
The ministry further said that according to the preliminary information shared by the state govt, the cause death may be because of poisoning, but the final cause will only be ascertained after a thorough inquiry, detailed postmortem reports, results of histopathological and toxicological reports, and other corroborative evidence.
This announcement came after an elephant claimed two lives near the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in Umaria district.
"We have decided to raise the compensation for the loss of lives due to wild animal attacks from Rs 8 lakh to 25 lakh. We have also covered the families of the two persons who were killed (in elephant attacks) in Umaria under it," MP chief minister Mohan Yadav told news agency PTI.
The increase in compensation was implemented shortly after forest minister Pradeep Ahirwar distributed the previous compensation amount of Rs 8 lakh each to the affected families in Umaria district.
A captured elephant had fatally attacked Ramratan Yadav (50) in Devra village, approximately 10 kilometres from the tiger reserve.
The same elephant later killed Bhairav Kol (35) in Brahe village within the buffer zone of Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, and injured Malu Sahu (32) in Banka.
Meanwhile, the Union environment ministry had initiated an independent inquiry into the death of 10 elephants in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve and said preventive measures are being taken by state officials to avoid the possibility of such incidents.
Out of those ten dead elephants, one was male and nine were female. Amongst the ten dead elephants, six were juvenile/sub-adults and four were adults.
The ministry further said that according to the preliminary information shared by the state govt, the cause death may be because of poisoning, but the final cause will only be ascertained after a thorough inquiry, detailed postmortem reports, results of histopathological and toxicological reports, and other corroborative evidence.
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