Live
- 7-Year-old girl sexually assaulted in Tirupati
- PM Modi highlights govt's efforts to make Odisha prosperous and one of the fastest-growing states
- Hezbollah fires 200 rockets at northern, central Israel, injuring eight
- Allu Arjun's Family Appearance on Unstoppable with NBK Breaks Viewership Records
- Unity of hearts & minds essential for peace & progress, says J&K Lt Governor
- IPL 2025 Auction: I deserve Rs 18 cr price, says Chahal on being acquired by Punjab Kings
- EAM Jaishankar inaugurates new premises of Indian embassy in Rome
- Sailing vessel INSV Tarini embarks on second leg of expedition to New Zealand
- Over 15,000 people affected by rain-related disasters in Sri Lanka
- IPL 2025 Auction: RCB acquire Hazlewood for Rs 12.50 cr; Gujarat Titans bag Prasidh Krishna at Rs 9.5 crore
AP, Karnataka sign pact to protect forest cover
- Dy CM Pawan Kalyan says four Kunki elephants that will be given by Karnataka will tame wild elephants in the border districts of two states which have been wreaking havoc on lives of farmers and other residents
- States that training will be given to the tribals and a special task force will be set up to check smuggling activities on border
Vijayawada: For the first time in the history, the forest departments of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on various issues.
Addressing the joint media meeting along with minister of forests of Karnataka Eswar B Khadre, Deputy Chief Minister and minister of panchayat raj, rural development, forests, ecology Pawan Kalyan said here on Friday that following representation by people of Chittoor district that elephants from Karnataka are damaging their properties, fields and even killing people, he went to Karnataka and held parleys with Chief Minister Siddha Ramaiah and others.
Subsequently, Karnataka minister of forests Eswar arrived along with additional chief secretary of forests Manjunath Prasad, principal chief conservator of forests of Karnataka Brijesh Kumar Deekshit, wild life conservator of Karnataka Subhash Mulke and held parleys with AP forest special chief secretary Anantaram, principal chief conservator of forests of AP Chiranjeevi Chowdary and AP Wild Life chief conservator A K Naik and finally the MoU was signed in the presence of the two ministers of both the states.
Later, addressing the media Pawan Kalyan said that the Karnataka government would send four Kunki elephants or trained elephants to tame the wild elephants that roam in the border districts.
Training would be given to the tribals and a special task force would be set up to check smuggling. It was also decided to promote ecotourism in both the states. He said that the elephant menace is existing in Parvathipuram Manyam, Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts also.
He said that while AP is suffering from the smuggling of red sanders, Karnataka is facing the problem of sandalwood smuggling. A special task force would be jointly set up to check smuggling activities.
Pawan said that there are 32 ecotourism parks in Karnataka and efforts would be made to set up such parks in Andhra Pradesh also.
