District Collector Kranthi Kumar Pati on Wednesday assessed crop damages caused by wild elephants in farms near Karamadai in the district and assured to provide compensation to farmers for their losses. Mr. Selvaraj highlighted the crop damages caused by elephants and appealed to the Collector and Forest Department to take appropriate measures to control crop damages. Mr. Pati informed them …
The Forest Department has disbursed compensation to the tune of ₹95 lakh to farmers as compensation for crop damage in areas falling under the limits of the Coimbatore Forest Division till September this year, according to District Forest Officer N. Jayaraj. Farmers’ associations said that the compensation being provided by the Forest Department remains inadequate when compared to the money …
Villages bordering forests in Coimbatore district are going through difficult times as the annual migration movement of wild elephants has peaked, resulting crop damages and human – elephant interactions. According to the Forest Department, wild elephants entered villages coming under the limits of the Coimbatore Forest Division 768 times in October and November alone. Out of the seven forest ranges …
HYDERABAD: Heavy rainfall across Telangana over the past week is estimated to have damaged almost a tenth of the crop plantations, undertaken recently at the start of the Kharif season. Congress Kisan cell state president Sunket Anvesh Reddy alleged that the state government has not been paying crop damage compensation to farmers for the past eight years. Meanwhile, officials of …
