Ways to install to reduce man-animal conflict : CS

For the reduction of man-animal conflict, Chief secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena directed to install early-warning systems to alert villagers in conflict-prone areas.

For making this step a success one, Jena chaired a high-level meeting with senior officers of Forest and Environment, Energy and other departments at Lok Seva Bhawan. He advised that a mechanism be devised through which SMS alerts could be sent to people living in conflictprone zones in the event of straying of wild animals.

As per the sources, forest, environment and climate change department said that around 172 anti-depredation squads have been pressed into job to deal with conflict effectively.