The inhabitants who spoke in the seminar organized by the Hassan District Administration to hear public complaints about the conflict of man-slon on Monday in Anehalli in Belur Taluk. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Hassan deputy Commissioner KS Lathakumari, who on Monday holds interaction with the inhabitants of Anehalli in Belur Taluk. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
On Monday, a workshop was held, which heard public complaints at the edge of conflicts with a human animal in Arehalli in Belur Taluk from the Hassan district.
The inhabitants complained to officials of the problems they faced as a result of the elephants who wandered in the locality. Plantation workers had to work in fear because they could meet a wild animal at any time while parents feared the safety of their children.
They urged the government to take steps to end the conflict on human and animal.
The inhabitants stated that if an employee of the forest department died in an elephant attack, family members of the deceased would gain employment for compensatory reasons. However, if the resident died, his family would not receive such benefits. Many farmers ceased to grow unpeeled because elephants damage crops. They urged officials to capture all elephants and move them.
Similarly, there were complaints about poor phone connection, disturbance of energy supply, including insufficient public transport equipment.
Deputy Commissioner KS Lathakumari, who responded to complaints, said that the administration was well aware of human conflict and forest department was preparing an action plan to solve the problem.
The administration would take proposals and complaints to and act on them, she said.
The workshop was organized to build public confidence with regard to human-slon conflict.
Mrs. Lathakumari said that doctors would be appointed to the Anehalli Community Health Center and also stated that steps would be taken to solve the telephone network.
V. Yedukondal, the Hassan Circle Forest Conservator, said that parts of Hassan have been facing a human conflict for more than 15 years. The department tried to alleviate the problem. Work on the establishment of a soft releasing center began in Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary, Yedukondal said.
The work would be completed by the year. In addition, the ministry appointed 140 people for ivory working group to monitor the movement of elephants and alert the public.
Representative of the Sourabh Kumar Forest Conservator, another police superintendent MK Thammaah, and others were present in the workshop.
Published – 29. September 2025 17:48
