RRT will be set up in Chinnakkanal
The Kerala Forest Department is deploying a special rapid response team in Chinnakkanal to address rising human-wildlife conflicts involving elephants. The department has also taken the unprecedented step of adopting the family of a woman recently killed in an elephant attack.
Why it matters
This highlights the growing tension between human development and wildlife habitats, and the government's evolving role in providing social security for victims of wildlife conflict.
A special rapid response team (RRT) will be set up at Chinnakkanal under the Devikulam forest range in Idukki, Forest Minister Shibu Baby John has said. The Minister stated this when he visited a boy who was injured in a wild elephant attack in Chinnakkanal on June 8.
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