Send cattle back to goshala: HC stays Kodagu District Court's order
Siddapur: The Karnataka High Court on Friday stayed a Kodagu District Court judgment of sending animals back to goshala.
Incident Details:
A few months back, Sangh Parivar activists had informed Siddapur police about the transportation of cattle to a slaughterhouse. Following which, the police, immediately had come in action and took nine animals into custody in Nelliahudikeri and sent them to Mysuru goshala.
Later, KM Basheer -a resident of Nelliahudikeri had filed a petition in court stating that the police have illegally taken custody of his cattle which he purchased from various houses for rearing. Following this, the district court had ordered goshala to return the cattle to Basheer. Challenging this decision, a resident of Mysuru Mahaveer Chand had filed a review petition in Sessions Court. After hearing Chand's appeal, the court had ordered that cattle should be returned to goshala.
Basheer, challenging this judgment, had gone to High Court where he got some relief as the High Court stayed the judgment of Kodugu District Court.
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Karnataka approves railway barricades in Madikeri, Nagarhole to curb human-elephant conflict
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre on Tuesday said a 7-km railway barricade has been approved for the Madikeri division and 20 km for the Nagarhole division in 2025–26 to curb human-elephant conflict in the regions.
Responding to a proposal raised by BJP MLC Suja Kushalappa during Zero Hour in the Legislative Council, he assured that work on the proposed railway barricades would begin soon.
Citing the death of a 17-year-old girl in an elephant attack on February 28 and that of a tribal woman on March 9 in the state, the minister said these deaths caused by elephant attacks were "extremely painful".
"Human life is very precious and cannot be valued in monetary terms. The Forest Department is taking all measures to prevent human-wildlife conflict."
The minister further said steps such as maintenance of elephant-proof trenches and solar-powered fencing were being undertaken, while two elephant task forces were currently in operation.
Orders have also been issued by the Chief Wildlife Warden to capture two rogue elephants.
In both cases, Rs 5 lakh compensation has already been disbursed to the families of the deceased, and the remaining Rs 15 lakh each will be provided within a week, he added.
Khandre said the government was making sincere efforts to find a permanent solution to the human–elephant conflict.
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