Category : Wildlife | Location : Odisha | Posted on 2022-08-05 03:20:41
Some 1,578 people died of elephant attacks in India between 2019-20 and 2021-22, with the maximum number of deaths in Odisha, Bhupender Yadav, Union minister for environment, forest and climate change, told the Lok Sabha July 18 2022.
Odisha recorded 322 of the total 1,578 deaths by elephant attacks in the last three years.
The other states included in the state-wise data shared by the minister were — Jharkhand (291 cases), West Bengal (240), Assam (229), Chhattisgarh (183), Tamil Nadu (132), Karnataka (69), Kerala (57), Meghalaya (12), Andhra Pradesh (10), Uttar Pradesh (7), Tripura (5), Arunachal Pradesh (1) and Maharashtra (1).
Yadav elaborated on the steps taken by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Wildlife (MoEF&CC). He said the management of wildlife was primarily the responsibility of state governments / Union Territory administrations.
The central government provided financial and technical assistance to states / UTs under the centrally sponsored scheme ‘Project Elephant’. The scheme aimed at protecting and conserving elephants and their habitats in the country, Yadav said.
Source: https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/wildlife-biodiversity/over-1-500-people-died-in-elephant-attacks-in-last-3-years-maximum-casualties-in-odisha-84166
