924 killed in Assam in 10 years in man-elephant conflict
Guwahati Mar 30 PTI As many as 924 people got killed in man-elephant conflicts in Assam in the last 10 years Environment and Forest Minister Parimal Suklabaidya told the Assembly on WednesdayIn a written reply the minister also said that the number of people injured in such conflicts during the period stood at 772Replying to a query by BJP MLA Terash Gowalla the minister said conflicts were mostly reported from 16 districts — Goalpara Sonitpur Biswanath Nagaon Hojai Udalguri Baksa Majuli Golaghat Jorhat Lakhimpur Chirang Tinsukia Kamrup Darrang and SivasagarCongress MLA Bhaskar Jyoti Baruah on his part said along with humans the elephants are also get killed in the conflictsBJP legislator Rupjyoti Kurmi informed the House that Assam had over 5600 elephantsElephants from neighbouring hill states come to the plains of Assam in search of food The Assam government should seek the Centres help in this regard he added PTI SSG TR RMS RMS
Guwahati Mar 30 PTI As many as 924 people got killed in man-elephant conflicts in Assam in the last 10 years Environment and Forest Minister Parimal Suklabaidya told the Assembly on WednesdayIn a written reply the minister also said that the number of people injured in such conflicts during the period stood at 772Replying to a query by BJP MLA Terash Gowalla the minister said conflicts were mostly reported from 16 districts — Goalpara Sonitpur Biswanath Nagaon Hojai Udalguri Baksa Majuli Golaghat Jorhat Lakhimpur Chirang Tinsukia Kamrup Darrang and SivasagarCongress MLA Bhaskar Jyoti Baruah on his part said along with humans the elephants are also get killed in the conflictsBJP legislator Rupjyoti Kurmi informed the House that Assam had over 5600 elephantsElephants from neighbouring hill states come to the plains of Assam in search of food The Assam government should seek the Centres help in this regard he added PTI SSG TR RMS RMS
