Dehradun:
Villages affected by man-animal conflict in the state will be lit up by
solar street lights. An announcement to the effect was made by state
forest minister Dinesh Aggarwal on Friday after he gave away a cheque of
Rs 2 lakh to the father of Krishan Kumar, a 10-year-old boy of
Phulsaini village in Dehradun district who was killed by a maneater
leopard a week ago. He promised to provide the remaining Rs 1 lakh soon.
The decision to install solar light was taken to keep a off wild animals from human habitats. The minister said, "It is not only Phulsaini but all the other villagers which have witnessed man-animal conflicts in recent past which will be provided with solar lights by the state government," he said.
All the wings of district administration, forest, municipal corporation, MDDA and UREDA coming together to help such villages.
Dehradun Municipal Corporation's mayor, Vinod Chamoli, said, "I have sanctioned installation of 30 pole lights for Bajawala road, which also cover Phulsaini. Some pole lights have also been installed. Some more will be installed in the nearby areas by the Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority (MDDA) and Uttarakhand Renewable Energy Development Agency (UREDA)."
Sushant Patnaik, divisional forest official of Dehradun, said, "The forest department has begun mass awareness program in the village to educate people about the ways to minimize the risk of coming in confrontation with leopards. Lantana (a weed), which had grown in the area, is also being cleared so that leopards cannot hide in them."
Doon DM Ravinath Raman said all the families who had encroached upon land on the fringes of the forest areas have been made to shift inside the village so that they remained safe.
The decision to install solar light was taken to keep a off wild animals from human habitats. The minister said, "It is not only Phulsaini but all the other villagers which have witnessed man-animal conflicts in recent past which will be provided with solar lights by the state government," he said.
All the wings of district administration, forest, municipal corporation, MDDA and UREDA coming together to help such villages.
Dehradun Municipal Corporation's mayor, Vinod Chamoli, said, "I have sanctioned installation of 30 pole lights for Bajawala road, which also cover Phulsaini. Some pole lights have also been installed. Some more will be installed in the nearby areas by the Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority (MDDA) and Uttarakhand Renewable Energy Development Agency (UREDA)."
Sushant Patnaik, divisional forest official of Dehradun, said, "The forest department has begun mass awareness program in the village to educate people about the ways to minimize the risk of coming in confrontation with leopards. Lantana (a weed), which had grown in the area, is also being cleared so that leopards cannot hide in them."
Doon DM Ravinath Raman said all the families who had encroached upon land on the fringes of the forest areas have been made to shift inside the village so that they remained safe.
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