Odisha HC directs JTF to file affidavit on elephant deaths

By Express News Service

CUTTACK:  The Orissa High Court on Monday expressed concern over elephant deaths as a result of electrocution and directed the Joint Task Force (JTF) to file an affidavit on the steps deliberate for prevention of such deaths.

While observing demise of elephants as a result of electrocution as “a serious issue” the HC additionally sought particulars concerning the corrective actions taken in reference to the electrocution deaths together with the 24-year-old tusker at Ostapal village below Ghitipiri part of Dhenkanal Sadar vary on Sunday.

Chief conservator of forests (wildlife) and chairman JTF Manoj Nair, who was current in digital mode, conceded that after the earlier listening to on January 18 there was an unlucky lack of elephant in addition to human lives as a result of human-wildlife battle.

Nair knowledgeable that there was demise of 12 elephants and 14 individuals in simply lower than two months. Of the 12 elephant deaths, two had been  as a result of poaching, 4 as a result of electrocution and three as a result of illnesses. While one elephant died as a result of infighting, two calves had been trampled to demise by different elephants.

On being knowledgeable that the ‘Comprehensive action plan for conservation of elephants and mitigation of human-elephant conflict in Odisha’ has been accepted by the state authorities, the division bench of Chief Justice S Muralidhar and Justice Gourishankar Satapathy mentioned, “The court would like to emphasise that drawing up and approving an Action Plan is perhaps the first step but ensuring implementation in its letter and spirit is imperative.”

The doc had included an motion level pertaining to “revision of compassionate payment for human deaths, crop loss, human injury and property damage by wild animal.” Taking word of it the bench mentioned, “the court should by the next date (April 20) in tabular chart the names of persons who have been killed or injured or whose property was damaged by wild animals and who has sustained crop losses and what amount by way of ex-gratia and compensation have been released to such persons or families of such persons as the case may be”.

The court docket was listening to 4 related PILs filed by Gita Rout (2022), Mrinalini Padhi (2015), Balgopal Mishra (2013) and Dwija Dalpati (2015) highlighting the intense subject regarding demise of elephants on account of unlawful poaching.

CUTTACK:  The Orissa High Court on Monday expressed concern over elephant deaths as a result of electrocution and directed the Joint Task Force (JTF) to file an affidavit on the steps deliberate for prevention of such deaths.

While observing demise of elephants as a result of electrocution as “a serious issue” the HC additionally sought particulars concerning the corrective actions taken in reference to the electrocution deaths together with the 24-year-old tusker at Ostapal village below Ghitipiri part of Dhenkanal Sadar vary on Sunday.

Chief conservator of forests (wildlife) and chairman JTF Manoj Nair, who was current in digital mode, conceded that after the earlier listening to on January 18 there was an unlucky lack of elephant in addition to human lives as a result of human-wildlife battle.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Nair knowledgeable that there was demise of 12 elephants and 14 individuals in simply lower than two months. Of the 12 elephant deaths, two had been  as a result of poaching, 4 as a result of electrocution and three as a result of illnesses. While one elephant died as a result of infighting, two calves had been trampled to demise by different elephants.

On being knowledgeable that the ‘Comprehensive action plan for conservation of elephants and mitigation of human-elephant conflict in Odisha’ has been accepted by the state authorities, the division bench of Chief Justice S Muralidhar and Justice Gourishankar Satapathy mentioned, “The court would like to emphasise that drawing up and approving an Action Plan is perhaps the first step but ensuring implementation in its letter and spirit is imperative.”

The doc had included an motion level pertaining to “revision of compassionate payment for human deaths, crop loss, human injury and property damage by wild animal.” Taking word of it the bench mentioned, “the court should by the next date (April 20) in tabular chart the names of persons who have been killed or injured or whose property was damaged by wild animals and who has sustained crop losses and what amount by way of ex-gratia and compensation have been released to such persons or families of such persons as the case may be”.

The court docket was listening to 4 related PILs filed by Gita Rout (2022), Mrinalini Padhi (2015), Balgopal Mishra (2013) and Dwija Dalpati (2015) highlighting the intense subject regarding demise of elephants on account of unlawful poaching.