Lok Sabha Question No. 238 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-01
Subject: Elephant Corridor
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: KAMLA DEVI PATLE

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 238

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2015

## Elephant Corridor

## 238. SHRIMATI KAMLA DEVI PAATLE:

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

- (a) the details of Elephant Sanctuaries/ Elephant Corridor/Roaming areas in the country and the  measures taken by the Government to ensure a safe passage in these areas,  Statewise;
- (b) whether there is an increase in the incidents of heavy destruction of crops and houses and trampling/crushing/injuring of the people by the elephants in some areas in the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof State-wise including Chhattisgarh;
- (d) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  create  new  elephant  corridors/roaming  areas/ sanctuaries in the country; and
- (e) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  salient  features  of  these  projects,  State-wise  including Chhattisgarh?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

- (a) State-wise details of 'Elephant Reserves' and 'Elephant Corridors' in the country are given in Annexure-I.  Measures taken to ensure safe passage of elephants in these areas are given below:
- (i) Financial and technical assistance is provided to 16 elephant range states under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme 'Project Elephant'.
- (ii) Regular and extensive patrolling of forest areas and anti poaching measures by frontline filed staff of the State Forest Department.
- (iii) Trainings  and  awareness  camps  are  organised  regularly  for  local  people  for conservation of elephants and other wildlife.
- (iv) Habitat  improvement  and  eco-restoration  is  taken  up  in  critical  areas  of elephant reserves and corridors.
- (b) & (c) A  definite  increasing  trend  in  incidents  of  destruction  of  crops/properties  and injury/death of people could not be established.  State-wise details of damages, due to elephant depredation, during last 3 years, are given in Annexure II.
- (d) & (e) There is no proposal, at present, to create new elephant reserves and corridors in the country.

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## ANNEXURE -I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 238 RAISED BY SHRIMATI KAMLA DEVI PAATLE REGARDING 'ELEPHANT CORRIDOR' DUE FOR REPLY ON 01.12.2015.

## Elephant Reserves and Corridors in the Country

| Landscape     | State             |   Number of Elephant Reserves | Number of Elephant Corridors   |
|---------------|-------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| North-Eastern | Arunachal Pradesh |                             2 |                                |
| North-Eastern | Assam             |                             5 |                                |
| North-Eastern | Meghalaya         |                             1 |                                |
| North-Eastern | Nagaland          |                             1 |                                |
| North-Eastern | Tripura           |                             0 |                                |
| Subtotal      |                   |                             9 | 22                             |
| Central       | West Bengal       |                             2 |                                |
| Central       | Jharkhand         |                             1 |                                |
| Central       | Orissa            |                             3 |                                |
| Central       | Chhattisgarh      |                             1 |                                |
| Subtotal      |                   |                             7 | 34                             |
| North Western | Uttarakhand       |                             1 |                                |
| North Western | Uttar Pradesh     |                             1 |                                |
| Subtotal      |                   |                             2 | 12                             |
| Southern      | Tamil Nadu        |                             4 |                                |
| Southern      | Karnataka         |                             2 |                                |
| Southern      | Kerala            |                             4 |                                |
| Southern      | Andhra Pradesh    |                             1 |                                |
| Subtotal      |                   |                            11 | 20                             |
| GRAND TOTAL   |                   |                            29 | 88                             |

## ANNEXURE -II (A)

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) & (c) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 238 RAISED BY SHRIMATI KAMLA DEVI PAATLE REGARDING 'ELEPHANT CORRIDOR' DUE FOR REPLY ON 01.12.2015.

## Number of Human Causalities Caused by Elephant Depredation during last 3 years

|                   |   2012-13 | 2013-14                  | 2014-15                             |
|-------------------|-----------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    |         1 | 2                        | 2                                   |
| Arunachal Pradesh |         0 | 7                        | Information not received from state |
| Assam             |        79 | 87                       | 54                                  |
| Chhattisgarh      |        22 | 23                       | 32                                  |
| Jharkhand         |        60 | 56                       | 53                                  |
| Karnataka         |        37 | 33                       | 38                                  |
| Kerala            |        13 | 7                        | 20                                  |
| Maharashtra       |         0 | 0                        | 3                                   |
| Meghalaya         |         1 | 10                       | 3                                   |
| Nagaland          |         0 | 0                        | 1                                   |
| Odisha            |        83 | 67                       | 64                                  |
| Tamil Nadu        |        50 | 52                       | 31                                  |
| Tripura           |         0 | 0                        | 1                                   |
| Uttar Pradesh     |         0 | Information not received | Information not received            |
| Uttarakhand       |         7 | Information not received | Information not received            |
| West Bengal       |        69 | 69                       | 89                                  |
|                   |       422 | 413                      | 391                                 |

## ANNEXURE -II (B)

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) & (c) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 238 RAISED BY SHRIMATI KAMLA DEVI PAATLE REGARDING 'ELEPHANT CORRIDOR' DUE FOR REPLY ON 01.12.2015.

## Compensation Paid for Loss Crops/Properties due to Damages Caused by Elephant Depredation during last 3 years

Rs. in Lakhs

|                   | 2012-13                 | 2013-14                             | 2014-15                             |
|-------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    | 3.70                    | 16.88                               | 52.32                               |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 0                       | 35.26                               | Information not received from state |
| Assam             | 66.87                   | 49.01                               | 1.61                                |
| Chhattisgarh      | 226.72                  | 345.83                              | 269.63                              |
| Jharkhand         | 120.19                  | 275.61                              | 501.57                              |
| Karnataka         | 1308.83                 | 993.81                              | 1239.38                             |
| Kerala            | 308.54                  | 124.82                              | 264.59                              |
| Maharashtra       | 86.83                   | 118.8                               | 123.43                              |
| Meghalaya         | 60.00                   | 71.49                               | 14.95                               |
| Nagaland          | 9.00                    | 5.15                                | 4.60                                |
| Orissa            | 800.52                  | 983.21                              | 979.70                              |
| Tamil Nadu        | 1658 (No. of incidents) | 979 (No. of incidents)              | 2258 (No. of incidents)             |
| Tripura           | 0                       | 0                                   | 0.91                                |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 3.24                    | Information not received from state | Information not received from state |
| Uttarakhand       | 0                       | Information not received from state | Information not received from state |
| West Bengal       | 410.42                  | 9.46                                | Information not received            |
|                   | 3404.86                 | 3029.33                             | 3452.69                             |