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Bhubaneswar, Sep 25 (IANS) There appears to be no end to the ongoing man-animal struggle in Odisha as the eastern state has announced the country’s highest number of human casualties in elephant attacks in more than three years. .
More than 1,578 individuals died in elephant attacks in India between 2019-20 and 2021-22, of which the highest 322 such deaths were counted from Odisha, according to a statement by the Association who serves for climate, backwoods and environmental change, Bhupender Yadav , in Parliament in its last session.
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While 117 people were killed in elephant attacks in 2019-20, 93 such deaths were recorded in 2020-21 and another 112 deaths in 2021-22.
At the same time, the state has also seen the demise of wild elephants due to various reasons including poaching, electric shock, train accidents, road accidents, and others.
Official information showed that as many as 245 elephants died in Odisha during the same period from 2019-20 to 2021-22. While 82 elephants died in 2019-20, the deaths of another 77 jumbos were recorded in 2020-21. Additionally, the number of passers has expanded to 86 from 2021-22.
Out of the 245 massive passings that occurred over three years, 35 deaths were accounted for in the Dhenkanal backwoods division, followed by the mineral-rich Keonjhar division with 21 passings and Angul with 12 passings.
During the last three years, Deogarh and Athmallik woodland divisions have reported 11 elephant passings each while 10 such passings were recorded from Balasore natural life division, Kalahandi (south) and Khurda division.
In the most recent several decades (2012-13 to 2021-22), Odisha revealed 784 elephant deaths, of which 36 jumbos died in disasters while 34 were killed by poachers and others due to other different reasons. Of the 36 unplanned crossings, 30 died in train accidents, six in road accidents.
Apart from these deaths, in June and July the Odisha police found bones and carcasses of five elephants including a tusker from the Athagarh timberland range in Cuttack area.
These figures show the gravity of the human-elephant struggle in the state. Apart from loss of life, elephants also destroy the houses and crops of individuals living near elephant habitats.
The human-elephant conflict is expanding in Odisha primarily due to rising population, destruction of forests and human behaviour, says Jaya Krishna Panigrahi, secretary, Orissa Ecological Society, a voluntary association based in Odisha. who work for the preservation of unknown life and biodiversity.
“We have forests, however their quality has been degraded due to various reasons. There is also a lack of food and water inside the forests, which encourages the jumbos to come out of people’s homes,” he said.
Besides, the connections between the forest regions for the development of natural life entities have also been removed, Panigrahi said.
To cure what is happening, the tree hugger said “We have to make sure that the elephants get everything they need inside the backwoods and the individuals close to the forest regions should be pushed to develop a variety of produce and know how to behave with wild elephants as they also have to pay.”
Explaining about the various advances made by the state government for the conservation and security of wild elephants, the Odisha timberland serving Pradip Amt, in a composed reply to the gathering on July 19, said that 14 elephant hall and three elephant protection projects have been implemented. to prevent the passage of elephants.
The state government dug lakes to provide drinking water to the elephants. At least 402 lakes have been excavated and 426 lakes have been re-established in over three years.
According to the reply, 343 enemy poaching crews containing 1715 personnel have been dispatched to key areas to prevent poaching of elephants. Robots and watch towers are used to keep a close watch on elephant habitats, their movements and the progress of poachers.
The state has set up a wrongdoing cell under the Extraordinary Team (STF) of the wrongdoing branch to investigate and take action in important cases.
For safe entry of wild creatures, it is proposed to build creature bridge or underpass on railway line at 35 places.
Furthermore, underpasses have been proposed at 49 places on different roads, of which work has been completed at 11 places and is underway at 15 different places. The state has upgraded the pay add to Rs 4 lakh from Rs 3 lakh for death in a wild animal attack.