Fully committed to protect wild animals, people: CM

The chief minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday told the house that efforts to rehabilitate the families of people living in forest areas was on. He said that the Forest department had been given powers to immediately take care of domestic animal deaths.

The chief minister also promised to put up rubble wall fencing along the Mahdei wild life sanctuary, set up watch towers and growing more fruity bearing plants as well as water holes inside the sanctuaries.

The Chief Minister was replying to a calling attention motion on the recent tiger deaths and the alleged negligence of the government on safeguarding the lives of animals asked by the leader of opposition and other members.