Settler farmers in Wayanad hail hike in compensation
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Central funding for each eligible family raised from ₹10 lakh to ₹15 lakh
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The Chettyalthur settlement inside the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary. Though the relocation project had begun in the settlement two years ago, it is yet to be completed.
Central funding for each eligible family raised from ₹10 lakh to ₹15 lakh
Settler farmers in the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS) and environmental organisations in the district have welcomed the decision of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate change (MoEFCC) to enhance the rate of funding from ₹10 lakh to ₹15 lakh to each eligible family under the ongoing voluntary village relocation project of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA).
Wayanad resort shut after elephant kills visitor
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Property was functioning without any licence
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Throwing safety to the winds: Makeshift tents put up on the banks of a rivulet by a private resort at Elambilery, near Meppady, in Wayanad where a tourist from Kannur was killed in an attack by a wild elephant on Saturday night.
Property was functioning without any licence The Wayanad district administration on Sunday ordered the closure of a resort at Elambilery, near Meppady, where a tourist from Kannur was killed in an attack by a wild elephant on Saturday night.
Wayanad Collector Adeela Abdulla told
Discontent brewing among settler farmers inside Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary
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120 families in Kumizhy hamlet in Wayanad demand expedition of voluntary relocation project, increased compensation
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120 families in Kumizhy hamlet in Wayanad demand expedition of voluntary relocation project, increased compensation
Discontent is brewing among settler farmers of Kumizhy hamlet inside the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WSS) over the alleged negligence of the government in providing them a voluntary relocation project.
The Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, had done a survey nearly 12 years ago on the relocation of settlers under the voluntary resettlement project. It found that as many as 10,604 people from 2,613 families in 110 settlements needed to be relocated.