Several Karnataka districts to get railway barricade to check jumbo attacks
Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment, Eshwar Khandre has said that railway barricade was being erected for a length of 641 km in Hassan, Mysuru, Chamarajanagar, Ramanagar, Kodagu and other districts to prevent jumbos from straying into human habitation.
Speaking to reporters here on Sunday, Khandre said that rapid urbanisation had led to expansion of human habitation and shrinking of forest cover. “This has resulted in human-animal conflict. We have already erected railway barricade for a length of 310 km. The balance of 331 km will be covered depending on availability of funds,” he said.
