Bengal Launches Marketing campaign To Save you Electrocution Deaths Of Elephants
11 elephants have died in north Bengal to this point this 12 months (Representational)
Kolkata:
The West Bengal govt has introduced a marketing campaign in spaces adjacent elephant habitats within the northern portions of the state to forestall electrocution deaths of the pachyderms, a most sensible woodland professional stated on Sunday.
The marketing campaign was once introduced on Saturday within the villages and tea gardens of Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling districts the place fresh deaths of elephants because of electrocution had been reported, state Leader Natural world Warden VK Yadav stated.
It is going to, then again, be formally flagged off via Wooded area Minister Rajib Banerjee on a later date, he stated.
“Wooded area workforce are asking locals via public deal with methods to document unlawful hooking and fencing of fields and tea gardens with reside wires.
“We’re making other folks conscious about the will to give protection to our natural world and document legal actions,” Mr Yadav instructed PTI.
Precedence has been given to spaces adjacent Buxa Tiger Reserve and Jaldapara and Gorumara nationwide parks, he stated.
“We’ve got additionally introduced the marketing campaign in villages and tea gardens in Bagdogra and Naxalbari spaces of Darjeeling district,” Mr Yadav stated.
The problem of electrocution deaths of the elephants was once mentioned with the extra leader secretary of the Energy Division and he has given directions to his officers to take strict motion in opposition to offenders, he stated.
The woodland minister, right through his fresh discuss with to Siliguri, had held a gathering with Energy Division officers, woodland officials and representatives of tea gardens at the factor, Mr Yadav stated.
11 elephants have died in north Bengal to this point this 12 months, of which six because of electrocution, he stated.
“We wish to sensitise other folks at the want to give protection to elephants,” he stated.
Mr Banerjee had on Saturday flagged off from the Wooded area Division”s headquarters within the city 3 tableaux which is able to transfer round Kolkata, Howrah, North and South 24 Parganas districts right through the Durga Puja days to unfold the message of natural world conservation, Mr Yadav stated.
The MUVs will show vibrant photographs of untamed animals and slogans on their conservation, he added.
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