State Government has increased the monetary compensation provided to family members of persons killed in wild animal attack by Rs 2 lakh, officials said here on Friday.
As per order issued recently in this regard, financial aid provided in case of death caused due to attack by wild animals such as lion, leopard, bear, hyena, wild boar, wild elephant, etc has been raised to Rs 6 lakh.
Earlier, the compensation amount was Rs 4 lakh.
Notably, the northern Chhattisgarh is witnessing a bitter human-wild elephant conflict, which has caused 308 lives in past five years.
According to state forest department, during the financial year 2018-19, altogether Rs 14.01 crore was paid as compensation to the family members of persons trampled to death by wild elephants.