With the degradation of forests and shrinking of habitats, human-elephant conflicts are rising in the northeastern states, mainly in Assam and Tripura, with 971 people being killed by wild elephants and 926 tuskers dying from diverse causes .
A Central Empowered Committee (CEC), constituted by the Supreme Court, has written to the Assam government to take action against illegal constructions along the animal corridors in the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve.
The Central Empowered Committee (CEC), set up by the Supreme Court, has asked the Assam government to take immediate action to remove illegal constructions undertaken in nine identified wildlife.
The Central Empowered Committee (CEC), set up by the Supreme Court, has asked the Assam government to take immediate action to remove illegal construction undertaken in nine identified wildlife corridors of Kaziranga National Park and Tiger .