At least 925 people have died of elephant attacks in Odisha between 2012-13 and 2021-22, state minister for forest, environment and climate change, Pradip Amat told the Assembly on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
While replying to a query of BJP member Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra, the forest minister said 925 people have been killed and 212 became physically-disabled in elephant attacks in Odisha during the last 10 years.<\/p>\n
The number of human casualties increased from 80 in 2012-13 to 105 in 2017-18 and 112 in 2021-22.<\/p>\n
Highest 139 persons died of jumbo attacks in the year 2020-21, while 117 people got killed in such incidents in 2019-20 and 112 during 2021-22.<\/p>\n
Similarly, the number of persons, who became permanently disabled in elephant attacks, has also gone up from five in 2012-13 to 51 in 2021-22 in the state.<\/p>\n
Not only human lives were lost due to elephant attacks, the state has also reported the death of 784 elephants in the past 10 years.<\/p>\n
While 82 jumbos died in 2012-13, the figure was 86 in 2015-16, 93 in 2018-19 and 86 in 2021-22.<\/p>\n
During the period, the Odisha government has conducted investigations into 39 elephant death incidents and charge sheets against 50 people were filed. However, not a single accused has been convicted in these cases, so far, informed Amat in his reply.<\/p>\n
In another written statement, the Odisha forest minister has said that 11 wild elephants were killed by poachers during 2022-23.<\/p>\n
According to the last elephant census conducted in 2017, there are 1,976 elephants in Odisha.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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