Express News Service
HYDERABAD: The Telangana government on Tuesday issued a controversial order that delegates powers of Honorary Wildlife Wardens to around 12,700 Sarpanches across the State, who will now have a free hand to give permission to hunt wild boar. The order delegates these powers for a period of one year.
According to the GO, any farmer who is facing crop damage due to wild boar can submit a written complaint to the Sarpanch and if the Sarpanch finds the complaint to be genuine, after conducting an assessment of the location along with village elders and farmers, a Panchanama will be drawn permitting the hunting of wild boar.