Opposition Congress members on Thursday raised the issue of compensation provided by the Chhattisgarh Government to victims of elephant attacks in the State.
During the question hour, Congress member Amarjeet Bhagat stated that the State government had not been providing any compensation to the victims of elephant attacks.
To this, Forest Minister Mahesh Gagda said that compensation is being provided to the victims on very first information of such an attack taking place.He said that the victims are provided Rs 10,000 upfront as compensation after the Department receives the information of elephants attacking them.
‘8053.297 Ha forest land diverted for mining’
Raipur: Forest Minister Mahesh Gagda informed Chhattisgarh Assembly on Thursday that 8053.297 hectares of forest land had been diverted for mining purposes between January 1, 2008 to January 31, 2017.In a written reply to leader of Opposition TS Singhdeo, the Minister informed that 686.848 hectares of forest land had been diverted for industrialisation and 4806.951 hectares for development projects totalling 13,547.096 hectares.
‘Medicinal plant saplings planted in 40 Ha of land’
Raipur :Forest Minister Mahesh Gagda informed Chhattisgarh Assembly on Thursday that plantations had been carried out in 10 km length and medicinal plant saplings had been planted in 40 hectares of land in Jagdalpur Assembly segment between 2012-13 to 2015-16.In a written reply to BJP member Santosh Bafna, the Minister informed that no nurseries were created during the aforesaid period.
He said that a total of 18,90,406 saplings were planted in the Assembly segment out of which 13,07,883 have survived.