Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Wednesday said the State Government is committed to the protection of forests and wildlife. Special efforts are being made for safe commuting of elephants and other animals in the State, he said while holding the meeting of State Wildlife Board here on Wednesday.
The CM, on the occasion, asked officials to plant more and more bamboos in the forest for providing food to elephants. He instructed to make children aware so they help in the protection of forest and wildlife.
Officials in the meeting said that according to the directives of the CM, after the death of a family, head by wild elephants, children of that family will get free education in Government schools. All Deputy Commissioners are being directed in this regard. Underpasses are being constructed in Ranchi-Jamshedpur Road for the movement of elephants.
It was said that legal provisions are being strictly adhered for the prevention of poaching in the Palamu Tiger Reserve. During the year 2018-19, bamboo-bushes cleaning were done in total 6,094 hectare area. This will ease the arrival of a new crop. During this time, the department has undertaken various activities including bamboo forestation in 42 hectares of private land, establishment of nursery etc. Under the work of large bamboo regeneration on the forest land, there is a plan to work in 5,000 hectare area in the next three years.
The meeting was attended by Additional Chief Secretary Indu Shekhar Chaturvedi, Principle Secretary to CM Sunil Kumar Barnwal, Head of Forest Sanjay Kumar and others.