During 2024-25, up to 5,705 cases were reported from Circle Circle, of which 3,219 cases are still waiting, while only 2,326 cases were approved. | Photo Credit: Ma Sriram
The government policy, which has been taken by the local community into self -confidence in the protection of wild animals, is undermined by the ground reality of slow processing and high pending demands on compensation resulting from the human animal Conlfict in the Mysurus circle.
This is evident on the dashboard of the Karnataka forest department, because the data for 2024-25 represent a disturbing picture of the delay and rejection that tests the patience of the local community living on forest edges. And what applies to Circle Mysura also applies to the rest of the state.
During 2024-25, up to 5,705 cases were reported from Circle Circle, of which 3,219 cases are still waiting, while only 2,326 cases were approved. This means that nearly 56% of cases must be cleaned, while 160 cases have been rejected and therefore compensation is denied.
Also ex-Gratia sanctioned in the same period is 1.9 crore, while the quantum amount waiting via ex-Gratia is 2.49 crore.
This delay is incomprehensible as significant damage caused by wild animals, especially elephants and leopards, according to the protection of wild animals, the local community puts under financial and economic distress.
In addition, the timely payout of the compensation is necessary to prevent “killing revenge” and take the local community living along the forest edges into self -confidence, activists added.
Data on time to process cases clearly emphasize the delay of reward payments and support the claims of farmers that assistance is often “too small, too late”.
Only 46 cases were processed within 30 days and 227 cases were processed between 30 and 60 days. There were 2,053 cases that lasted more than 60 days to process and strengthen the accusations of local farmers that they are forced to repeat visits to the forest department offices for compensation for compensation.
Statistics are a sharp reminder that only a handful of cases are settled in time, while most are stuck in the maze of bureaucratic procedures contributing to delay. According to activists, this could be due to procedural inefficiency, lack of adequate staff leading to terrain verification.
According to nature, the delay also deepens the mistrust between the forest department and the local community, whose support is necessary while maintaining wild animals and forests.
Among the species involved, elephants and leopards consisted of the maximum number of incidents of conflicts. Of the 5,705 incidents in the Mysur Circle, 3,986 incidents concerned elephants. Leopards came second on the list and represented 1,343 cases of conflicts, while tigers were 220 cases. Wild Boars, who are quoted as an apology for laying snares and illegal knocking power, were 112 cases.
Other wild animals such as spotted deer, adhesive and Indian foxes, but the number of cases of conflicts were in single -digit numbers in the Mysur Circle. The forest range that showed the maximum number of conflicts belonged to Omkara, Hediyala, N. Begur, Nugu, Moliyur, HD Kote, Kundukere, Maddur, GSbetta to name at least some.
There are also concerns that a high number of incidents concerning elephants and leopards was also a reflection of disruption of habitats and humiliating forests that forced animals closer to human housing.
Published – 13 July 2025 06:49
