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Steps taken by successive governments yet to yield results, says action panel
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A paddy field destroyed by wild elephants on Tuesday night at Edakkod near Thirunelly in Wayanad district.
Steps taken by successive governments yet to yield results, says action panel The Wayanad Action Committee to Prevent Wildlife Attack, a farmer organisation in the district, has urged the government and three-tier local bodies to adopt effective steps to mitigate the increasing man-animal conflict in the district.
Speaking to mediapersons here on Wednesday, T.C. Joseph, the chairman of the organisation, said year after year, the man-animal conflict in the district was escalating considerably. Though successive governments had been implementing various measures such as digging of trenches, erection of power fencing, rail fencing, Mankulam-model crash guard rope fencing and construction of rock walls on the fringes of forests in the district, the issue had not been