GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. *158 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.07.2017 Man-animal conflict *158. SHRI RAJKUMAR DHOOT: Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that according to a recent study, there are two deaths everyday due to man-animal conflict and if so, the details thereof; and (b) what remedial measures Government proposes to take in the matter?
ANSWER MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. HARSH VARDHAN) (a) and (b)
A statement is laid on the Table of the House. ***
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) AND (b) OF RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *158 REGARDING “MANANIMAL CONFLICT� BY SHRI RAJKUMAR DHOOT DUE FOR REPLY ON 31.07.2017.
(a)
(b)
Deaths due to Man-animals conflict on day to day basis are not collated in the Ministry. However, details due to man-animal conflict as available in the ministry are given in the Annexure-I and Annexure-II. The Government has taken following remedial measures to mitigate mananimal conflicti.
Provisions provided under Section 11 of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, inter-alia, empowering the Chief Wildlife Warden and authorised officer to take necessary steps to handle problematic wild animals. ii. Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)/ guidelines for management of major problematic animals like tiger, elephant, leopard, rhino etc are being used by the respective state governments. iii. Construction/erecting of physical barriers, such as barbed wire fence, solar powered electric fence, bio-fencing using cactus, boundary wall etc. to prevent the entry of wild animals into crop field. iv. Improvement of wildlife habitats by augmenting the availability of food and water in forest areas to reduce the entry of animals from forest to human habitations. The Ministry has issued guidelines in context of human-wildlife conflict to the Chief Wildlife Wardens of all the State Governments/Union Territory Administrations dated 24th December, 2014 and 1st June, 2015. The Ministry has specifically sought proposal from States/UTs, after objective assessment of the situation, details of the areas in which it is essential to reduce the overpopulation of wild animals for specified period.
Annexure-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *158 REGARDING “MAN-ANIMAL CONFLICT” BY SHRI RAJKUMAR DHOOT DUE FOR REPLY ON 31.07.2017.
Details of Human death by tiger attacks in the states for calendar year (During last three years and current year) S. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
State
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17
Andhra Pradesh Arunchal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Jammu& Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Mizoram Odisha Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Telangana Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal Total
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 6 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 34
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 18 31
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 14
2017-18(as on 18.5.2017) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0 13
Annexure-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *158 REGARDING “MAN-ANIMAL CONFLICT” BY SHRI RAJKUMAR DHOOT DUE FOR REPLY ON 31.07.2017. Number of Human Deaths caused by elephant form 2013-14 to 2016-17 S. No.
State
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
1
Andhra Pradesh
2
2
NR
2
Arunachal Pradesh
7
1
1
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total
Assam Chhattisgarh Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Maharashtra Meghalaya Nagaland Odisha Tamil Nadu Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal
87 23 56 33 7 0 10 0 67 52 0 INR INR 69 413
54 32 53 38 20 3 3 1 64 31 1 INR INR 89 392
31 59 66 26 INR 0 9 1 63 47 0 INR INR 112 415
NR-Not Received INR-Information Not Received
2016-17 (upto 9.2.2017)
69 67 42
0
2
65 245