Lok Sabha Question No. 3967 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Steps to curb Man-Animal Conflict
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Sougata Ray, Sumalatha Ambareesh, T.N. Prathapan, Chinta Anuradha, D.K. Suresh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3967

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 28.03.2022

## Steps to curb Man-Animal Conflict

## 3967.   PROF. SOUGATA RAY:

SHRIMATI SUMALATHA AMBAREESH:

SHRI T.N. PRATHAPAN:

SHRIMATI CHINTA ANURADHA:

SHRI D.K.SURESH:

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

- (a) the  number  of  wildlife  attacks  reported  during  the  last  three  years,  State-wise  and  the reasons for increase in wildlife attacks in the country;
- (b) whether the Union Government has received any request from any State Government to schedule wild boars as vermin in the country;
- (c) if  so,  whether  the  Government  will  schedule  wild  boar  as  a  vermin  considering  its nuisance to the farming fields in many States, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  earmarked  adequate  funds  to  deal  with  the  situations effectively, if so, the details of utilization of funds in this regard;
- (e) the details of existing elephant corridors in the country;
- (f) whether the Government has any proposal to set up new buffer zones around the existing reserve forests in the country, if so, the details thereof;and
- (g) whether the Government under the Project Elephant has promoted and supplied usage of technology  to  mitigate  human  elephant  conflict  in  the  border  regions  of  the  States  of Andhra  Pradesh  and  Odisha  and  Tamil  Nadu,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  if  not,  the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) Management  of  forest  and  wildlife,  including  mitigation  of  human-wildlife conflict, is primarily the responsibility of State Governments/UT Administrations. Incidences of human-wildlife conflict have been reported to the Ministry from different parts of the country. As per reports available in the Ministry, details of human deaths due to tiger and elephant attacks are as given at Annexure-I and Annexure II, respectively.
- (b) and (c) The Ministry has  received  request  from  the  State  Government  of  Kerala  for declaring  wild  boar  as  vermin  in  the  State  for  a  period  of  one  year.  After examining the matter, the Ministry has requested the Government of Kerala to consider utilizing  the  provisions  contained  in  section  11  (1)  (b)  of  the  Wild Life  (Protection)  Act,  1972  and  the  Advisory  issued  by  the  Ministry  on

06.02.2021 to deal with Human Wildlife Conflict in the State.

- (d) The Ministry provides financial assistance to States/UTs under the Centrally Sponsored Schemes of 'Development of Wildlife Habitats', 'Project Elephant' and  'Project  Tiger'  for  conservation  and  management  of  wildlife  including mitigation of human-animal conflict and voluntary relocation of families from protected areas and tiger reserves for creating inviolate space for wild animals based  on  the  Annual  Plan  of  Operations  (APOs)  submitted  by  State/UTs. Details of State/UT-wise  funds released under  the  Centrally  Sponsored Schemes 'Development of Wildlife Habitats', 'Project Elephant' and 'Project Tiger'  during  the  years  2019-20  and  2020-21  are  placed  at Annexure-III, Annexure-IV and Annexure V.
- (e) The Elephant Task Force Report, 2010 titled 'Gajah' has identified 27 priority I  and  61  priority  II  elephant  corridors.   Details  of  the  corridors  are  given in Annexure VI.
- (f) No, sir.
- (g) The Ministry provides financial assistance under Centrally Sponsored Scheme of  'Project  Elephant'  to  States  as  per  activities  proposed  in  Annual  Plans  of Operation  (APO)  to  protect  elephants,  their  habitat  and  corridors  to  address issues of man-elephant conflict and the welfare of captive elephants. Financial assistance for use of technology such as drones has been provided to the state of Andhra Pradesh.

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Annexure-I Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3967 due for reply on 28.03.2022 regarding 'Steps to Curb Man-Animal Conflict'.

## Details of Human death by caused by tiger for the last three years

| S. No.          | State           |   2018 |   2019 |   2020 |
|-----------------|-----------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1               | Assam           |      1 |      0 |      0 |
| 2               | Bihar           |      0 |      0 |      1 |
| 3               | Chhattisgarh    |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 4               | Jharkhand       |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 5               | Karnataka       |      1 |      4 |      0 |
| 6               | Kerala          |      0 |      0 |      1 |
| 7               | Madhya Pradesh  |      2 |      1 |      6 |
| 8               | Maharashtra     |      2 |     26 |     25 |
| 9               | Orissa          |      2 |      0 |      0 |
| 10              | Rajasthan       |      2 |      5 |      0 |
| 11              | Tamil Nadu      |      0 |      0 |      1 |
| 12              | Telangana       |      0 |      0 |      2 |
| 13              | Uttar Pradesh   |      5 |      8 |      4 |
| 14              | Uttarakhand     |      1 |      3 |      0 |
| 15              | West Bengal     |     15 |      3 |      4 |
| Year wise total | Year wise total |     31 |     50 |     44 |

Annexure-II Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3967 due for reply on 28.03.2022 regarding 'Steps to Curb Man-Animal Conflict'.

## Details of Human death by caused by elephant for the years from 2018-19 to 2020-21

| S. No.   | State   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21         |
|----------|---------|-----------|-----------|-----------------|
| 1        | 7       | 4         | 6         | Andhra Pradesh  |
| 2        | 84      | 75        |           | Assam 91        |
| 3        | 61      | 77        |           | Chhattisgarh 42 |
| 4        | 87      | 84        | 74        | Jharkhand       |
| 5        | 12      | 29        | 23        | Karnataka       |
| 6        | 27      | 12        | 20        | Kerala          |
| 7        | 1       | 1         | NR        | Maharashtra     |
| 8        | 3       | 4         | 6         | Meghalaya       |
| 9        | 1       | 0         | 0         | Nagaland        |
| 10       | 72      | 117       | 93        | Odisha          |
| 11       | 47      | 58        | 57        | Tamil Nadu      |
| 12       | NR      | 2         |           | Tripura 1       |
| 13       | 0       | 6         |           | Uttar Pradesh 1 |
| 14       | 3       | NR        |           | Uttarakhand NR  |
| 15       | 52      | 116       |           | West Bengal 47  |
| Total    |         | 457       | 585       | 461             |

*NR- Information not received from State.

Annexure referred to in reply to part (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3967 due for reply on 28.03.2022 regarding 'Steps to Curb Man-Animal Conflict'.

## State/UT wise fund released under Central Sponsored Scheme of 'Development of Wildlife Habitats'

(Amount Rs. in Lakh)

| S. No.   | Name of States/UTs   | 2019-20     | 2020-21     |
|----------|----------------------|-------------|-------------|
| 1        | A&N Islands          | 132.64      | -           |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh    | 512.69      | 312.5865    |
| 3        | Assam                | 164.26      | -           |
| 4        | Bihar                | 148.142     | 205.1644    |
| 5        | Chandigarh           | -           | 25.16       |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh         | 310.0318    | 104.35936   |
| 7        | Goa                  | 111.654     | -           |
| 8        | Gujarat              | -           | 124.5849    |
| 9        | Haryana              | 237.6078    | 18.2212     |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh     | 375.76554   | 187.63518   |
| 11       | Jammu & Kashmir      | -           | 80.62863    |
| 12       | Jharkhand            | 93.96       | 198.2265    |
| 13       | Karnataka            | 739.046     | 586.126341  |
| 14       | Kerala               | 845.026     | 731.2845    |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh       | 629.266     | 801.60127   |
| 16       | Maharashtra          | 715.781     | 146.08135   |
| 17       | Manipur              | 396.455     | 241.11948.  |
| 18       | Meghalaya            | 238.839     | 263.50463   |
| 19       | Mizoram              | 431.79      | 339.60855   |
| 20       | Nagaland             | 953.69      | 260.00105   |
| 21       | Odisha               | 701.504     | 694.18819   |
| 22       | Rajasthan            | 741.315     | 309.12634   |
| 23       | Sikkim               | 557.355     | 349.623     |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu           | 409.505     | 334.0354    |
| 25       | Telangana            | -           | 36.59304    |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh        | 426.251     | 312.9244    |
| 27       | Uttarakhand          | 1401.19     | 441.61031   |
| 28       | West Bengal          | 891.073     | 710.61953   |
| 29       | Lakshadweep          | 193.272     | 462.859     |
| 30       | Tripura              | 90.317      | 260.679     |
| 31       | Ladakh UT            | -           | 223.17292   |
| Total    | Total                | 12448.42614 | 8761.324971 |

Annexure referred to in reply to part (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3967 due for reply on 28.03.2022 regarding 'Steps to Curb Man-Animal Conflict'.

## State wise fund released under Central Sponsored Scheme (CSS) of Project Elephant

(Amount Rs. in Lakh)

| S. No   | State/UTs         | 2019-20   | 2020-21    |
|---------|-------------------|-----------|------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 127.03    | 77.28      |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | 103.26831 | 282.256    |
| 3       | Assam             | -         | 35.284     |
| 4       | Jharkhand         | 161.44438 | 111.86522  |
| 5       | Karnataka         | 412.48239 | 330.40376  |
| 6       | Kerala            | 432.132   | 574.56     |
| 7       | Maharashtra       | 44.1944   | 17.98      |
| 8       | Meghalaya         | 177.8976  | 9.36       |
| 9       | Nagaland          | 213.9498  | 92.50      |
| 10      | Odisha            | 387.036   | 577.99     |
| 11      | Tamil Nadu        | 275.1576  | -          |
| 12      | Tripura           | 45.38     | 24.71      |
| 13      | Uttar Pradesh     | 37.74     | -          |
| 14      | Uttarakhand       | 417.312   | 204.85     |
| 15      | West Bengal       | 113.254   | 64.1958    |
| 16      | Haryana           | 16.80     | 11.04      |
| 17      | Bihar             | 57.02752  | 39.08      |
| 18      | Rajasthan         | 35.28     | -          |
| 19      | Madhya Pradesh    | 13.695    | -          |
| 20      | Manipur           | 10.944    | -          |
|         | Total             | 3082.025  | 2453.35478 |

Annexure referred to in reply to part (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3967 due for reply on 28.03.2022 regarding 'Steps to Curb Man-Animal Conflict'.

State Wise fund released under Central Sponsored Scheme (CSS) of Project Tiger

(Amount Rs. in Lakh)

| S.No.   | State             |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |
|---------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |    114.48 |   266.51  |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh |    846.31 |   803.76  |
| 3       | Assam             |   2198.76 |  2513.9   |
| 4       | Bihar             |    562.84 |   628.89  |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      |    358.53 |   471.16  |
| 6       | Jharkhand         |   1432.07 |   128.453 |
| 7       | Karnataka         |   2252.03 |  2118.01  |
| 8       | Kerala            |    607.07 |   402.88  |
| 9       | Madhya Pradesh    |   3501.91 |  2551.26  |
| 10      | Maharashtra       |   7220.39 |  3098.03  |
| 11      | Mizoram           |    337.7  |   161.53  |
| 12      | Odisha            |   1303.32 |   680.07  |
| 13      | Rajasthan         |   1203.19 |  1008.89  |
| 14      | Tamil Nadu        |   1586.91 |  1336.14  |
| 15      | Telangana         |    359.91 |   351.97  |
| 16      | Uttarakhand       |   2289.18 |  1671.3   |
| 17      | Uttar Pradesh     |   1242.49 |   923.29  |
| 18      | West Bengal       |    758.47 |   333.96  |
|         | TOTAL             |  28175.6  | 19450     |

Annexure referred to in reply to part (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3967 due for reply on 28.03.2022 regarding 'Steps to Curb Man-Animal Conflict'.

## Elephant Corridors identified by Elephant Task Force 'Gajah'

| Priority I Elephant Corridors   | Priority I Elephant Corridors            | Priority II Elephant Corridors   | Priority II Elephant Corridors                   |
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                          | Elephant Corridor                        | S. No.                           | Elephant Corridor                                |
| 1.                              | Chilla-Motichur                          | 1.                               | Kansrau-Barkote                                  |
| 2.                              | Rawasan-Sonanadi (Via Landsdown)         | 2.                               | Motichur-Gohri                                   |
| 3.                              | South Patlidun-Chilkiya                  | 3.                               | Rawasan-Sonanadi (Via Bijnor FD)                 |
| 4.                              | Malani Kota                              | 4.                               | Chilkiya-kota                                    |
| 5.                              | Simlipal-Satkosia                        | 5.                               | Fatehpur-Gadgadiya                               |
| 6.                              | Baula-Kuldhia                            | 6.                               | Gora Rankhu and Gorai-Tanda                      |
| 7.                              | Kotgarh-Chandrapur                       | 7.                               | Kilpura-khatima-surai                            |
| 8.                              | Buxa-Ripu at Sankosh                     | 8.                               | LaggaBagga - Kishenpur                           |
| 9.                              | Ankua-Ambia                              | 9.                               | Mahilong-Kalimati                                |
| 10.                             | Pakke-Doimara at Dezling                 | 10.                              | Chandil-Matha                                    |
| 11.                             | Pakke-Papum at LongkaNullah              | 11.                              | Dalma-Chandil                                    |
| 12.                             | Kalapahar-Daigurung                      | 12.                              | Dalma-Rugai                                      |
| 13.                             | Kaziranga- KarbiAnglog at Panbari        | 13.                              | Jhunjhaka-Banduan                                |
| 14.                             | Kaziranga- KarbiAnglong at Kanchanjuri   | 14.                              | Dalapani-Kankrajhor                              |
| 15.                             | Pakke-Doimara at Tipi                    | 15.                              | Dumriya-Nayagram                                 |
| 16.                             | Baghmara-Balpakram                       | 16.                              | Dumriya-Kundaluka and Murakanjia                 |
| 17.                             | SijuRewak                                | 17.                              | Leda-Bera                                        |
| 18.                             | Edayarhalli-Doddasampige                 | 18.                              | Anjadbera-Bichaburu                              |
| 19.                             | Kaniyanpura-Moyar                        | 19.                              | Karo-Karampada                                   |
| 20.                             | Anaimali at Punachi                      | 20.                              | Badampahar-Dhobadhobil                           |
| 21.                             | Anaimalai between Siluvaimedu-Kadamparai | 21.                              | Badampahar-Karida East                           |
| 22.                             | Chamranagar-Talamalai at Muddahalli      | 22.                              | Kahneijena-Anantpur                              |
| 23.                             | Kalamali - Singara and Avarahalla        | 23.                              | Tal-Kholgarh                                     |
| 24.                             | Moyar-Avarahalla                         | 24.                              | Nuahgaon-Baruni                                  |
| 25.                             | Tirunelli - Kudrakote                    | 25.                              | Mahananda-Kolbari and Tukriajhar                 |
| 26.                             | Buoolavampatti-Attapadi                  | 26.                              | Apalchand-Mahananda                              |
| 27.                             | Anaimalai at Waterfalls Estate           | 27.                              | Apalchand-Gorumara                               |
|                                 |                                          | 28.                              | Apalchand-Kalimpong at mal block (Via Sylee)     |
|                                 |                                          | 29.                              | Apalchand-Kalimpong at mal block (Via Meenglass) |
|                                 |                                          | 30.                              | Chapramari-Kalimpong                             |

|   31. | Rethi-Central Diana                                             |
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|    32 | Rethi-Moraghat                                                  |
|    33 | Dumchi-Rethi                                                    |
|    34 | Titi-Dumchi                                                     |
|    35 | Buxa- Titi (Via Torsa)                                          |
|    36 | uxa- Titi (Via Beech and Barnbari)                              |
|    37 | Nemati - Chilapata                                              |
|    38 | Pakke-Papum at SeijosaNullah                                    |
|    39 | Durpong-Doimukh at Khundakhuwa                                  |
|    40 | Dulung-Subansari                                                |
|    41 | D'ering - Mebo at SigarNalah                                    |
|    42 | D'ering - Mebo at Kongkul                                       |
|    43 | KothaBurhidihing                                                |
|    44 | Upper Dihing East - Upper Dihing West Block at Bogapani         |
|    45 | Upper Dihing East - Upper Dihing West Block Between Golai-Pawai |
|    46 | Kukurakata-Bagser at Amguri                                     |
|    47 | Charduar-Singri Hill                                            |
|    48 | Saipunj-Narpuh                                                  |
|    49 | Rewak-Imangiri                                                  |
|    50 | Nokrek-Imangiri                                                 |
|    51 | Ranggira-Nokrek                                                 |
|    52 | Karadikkal-Madeswara                                            |
|    53 | Tali                                                            |
|    54 | Chamrajnagar- Talamalai at Punjur                               |
|    55 | Talamalai-Guttiyalattur                                         |
|    56 | Avarahalla-Sigur                                                |
|    57 | Kalhatti-Sigur at Glen Corin                                    |
|    58 | NilamburKovilakam - New Amarambalam                             |
|    59 | Periya at Pakranthalam                                          |
|    60 | Kottiyur-Periya                                                 |
|    61 | Kallar at Gandhapallayam                                        |

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