Lok Sabha Question No. 2581 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-01
Subject: Human-Wildlife Conflict
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2581 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.08.2017

## Human-Wildlife Conflict

## 2581. SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there has been any rise in human-wildlife conflicts during the last few years;
- (b) if so, the details of the loss of human lives during the last three years, State-wise;
- (c) whether  special  measures  have  been  taken  by  the  Government  for  safety  in  human settlements situated on the periphery of wildlife sanctuaries/national parks; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

- (a)&(b) The information available with the Ministry indicates a fluctuating statistic in the incidences of human wildlife conflict in the country. The details of human wildlife conflict  cases  are  not  compiled  at  the  level  of  Central  Government. However,  the  State-wise  details  of  loss  of  human  lives  due  to  tiger  and elephant, during the last three years, as available in the Ministry, are given in Annexure-I and Annexure-II .
- (c)& (d) The Central Government provides financial assistance to State/Union Territory Governments under the Centrally Sponsored Schemes of 'Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats', 'Project Tiger' and 'Project Elephant' for management  of  wildlife  and  its habitats in the country. The  activities supported under the scheme inter-alia include construction/erection of physical barriers, such as barbed wire fence, solar powered electric fence, biofencing using cactus, boundary walls etc. to prevent the entry of wild animals into human habitat: improvement of augmenting the availability of food and water in forest areas to reduce the entry of animals from forests to habitations; payment  of ex-gratia relief  to  the  victims  of  wild  animal  attacks  and depredation.

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## Annexure-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2581 REGARDING 'HUMANWILDLIFE  CONFLICT'  BY SHRI  KUNWAR  PUSHPENDRA  SINGH CHANDEL DUE FOR REPLY ON 01.08.2017.

## Details of Human death by tiger attacks in the states for calendar year (During last three years and current year)

| S. No.   | State            |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18(as on 18.5.2017) |
|----------|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh   |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 2        | Arunchal Pradesh |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 3        | Assam            |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 4        | Bihar            |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh     |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 6        | Jammu& Kashmir   |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 7        | Jharkhand        |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 8        | Karnataka        |         4 |         2 |         0 |                          0 |
| 9        | Kerala           |         1 |         1 |         0 |                          0 |
| 10       | Madhya Pradesh   |         6 |         6 |         3 |                          0 |
| 11       | Maharashtra      |         8 |         0 |         4 |                          4 |
| 12       | Mizoram          |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 13       | Odisha           |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 14       | Rajasthan        |         0 |         1 |         0 |                          0 |
| 15       | Tamil Nadu       |         1 |         1 |         0 |                          0 |
| 16       | Telangana        |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 17       | Uttar Pradesh    |         0 |         1 |         6 |                          7 |
| 18       | Uttarakhand      |         0 |         1 |         1 |                          2 |
| 19       | West Bengal      |        14 |        18 |         0 |                          0 |
|          | Total            |        34 |        31 |        14 |                         13 |

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2581 REGARDING 'HUMANWILDLIFE  CONFLICT'  BY SHRI  KUNWAR  PUSHPENDRA  SINGH CHANDEL DUE FOR REPLY ON 01.08.2017.

## Number of Human Deaths caused by elephant form 2013-14 to 2016-17

| S. No.   | State             | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17 (upto 9.2.2017)   |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 2         | 2         | NR        |                           |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 7         | 1         | 1         |                           |
| 3        | Assam             | 87        | 54        | 31        | 69                        |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh      | 23        | 32        | 59        | 67                        |
| 5        | Jharkhand         | 56        | 53        | 66        | 42                        |
| 6        | Karnataka         | 33        | 38        | 26        |                           |
| 7        | Kerala            | 7         | 20        | INR       |                           |
| 8        | Maharashtra       | 0         | 3         | 0         | 0                         |
| 9        | Meghalaya         | 10        | 3         | 9         |                           |
| 10       | Nagaland          | 0         | 1         | 1         |                           |
| 11       | Odisha            | 67        | 64        | 63        |                           |
| 12       | Tamil Nadu        | 52        | 31        | 47        |                           |
| 13       | Tripura           | 0         | 1         | 0         | 2                         |
| 14       | Uttar Pradesh     | INR       | INR       | INR       |                           |
| 15       | Uttarakhand       | INR       | INR       | INR       |                           |
| 16       | West Bengal       | 69        | 89        | 112       | 65                        |
| Total    |                   | 413       | 392       | 415       | 245                       |

NR-Not Received

INR-Information Not Received