The Karnataka government has decided to double the solatium paid for death due to wild-elephant attacks.
A meeting chaired by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday, 11 December, decided to double the solatium for death due to wild elephant attacks, hiking it from ₹7.5 lakh to ₹15 lakh.
According to a statement by the chief minister’s office, the meeting was attended by Excise and Hassan District-in-charge Minister K Gopalaiah and other senior officials from Forest Department.
For permanent disability due to elephant attack, the meeting decided to pay a compensation of ₹10 lakh increasing it from the present ₹5 Lakh, for partial disability from ₹2.5 lakh to ₹5 lakh, and for injuries from ₹30,000 to ₹60,000.
Regarding damage to property, it was decided to hike the competition from ₹10,000 to ₹20,000, while the monthly pension for permanently disabled persons has been increased from ₹2,000 to ₹4,000.
Even the amount paid for the crop damage will be doubled, the statement said.
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It further said permission was granted to capture eight elephants which were creating havoc in the Sakleshpur-Belur area and to radio collar the captured tuskers in order to have a watch on them.
Already, 23 wild elephants have been radio-collared to keep a watch on their movements.
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