Coimbatore, July 2 (IANS) A prolonged dry spell and the failure of seasonal rains have left Vadamalli farmers in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore district struggling to save their crop, with large stretches of flowering plants beginning to wither across Thondamuthur Block.Farmers in the region, who traditionally depend on rain-fed cultivation, say the absence of adequate summer showers followed by weak southwest monsoon rainfall has created an acute water shortage, severely affecting crops that were plan…
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Thiruvananthapuram, June 8 (IANS) BJP state president and MLA Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Monday accused successive LDF and UDF governments of failing to address the growing threat of human-wildlife conflict in Kerala, alleging that people in the state’s hilly regions are being left to face repeated attacks without adequate protection.Chandrasekhar said five people had lost their lives in wildlife attacks in Kerala in the past two weeks alone, but the government had failed to take effective preven…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 5 (IANS) Kerala Forest Minister Shibu Baby John has said that the Forest Department will take responsibility for the lives and safety of people living in forest areas, and an insurance scheme will be introduced in hilly regions in association with local panchayats.”The department will be responsible for providing compensation,” the minister said.He added that discussions with public sector insurance companies are progressing for implementing the scheme.The minister said …
Kathmandu, Feb 24 (IANS) The Nepali government has formally redeclared wild boars — except for small species that enter private farmlands — as agriculture-damaging wild animals, allowing farmers to chase away, capture, or even kill them without obtaining a permit from authorities. Nearly two weeks after the wild rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) was declared an agriculture-damaging wild animal, the wild boar has also been placed on the same list, as farmers continue to suffer heavy crop losses …
Srinagar, Jan 17 (IANS) Four civilians were injured on Saturday in a wild boar attack in Tral town of Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police officials said. An official said that four civilians were injured after a wild boar attacked pedestrians at the Tral market in Pulwama.The incident triggered panic among locals as the animal reportedly entered the busy market area and attacked people at random.All injured individuals were promptly evacuated to a nearby hospital, where they are undergo…