Belgaum: State Forest Minister B Ramanatha Rai has informed that the government would take necessary steps to construct check dams in forest areas to ensure that the wild animals had enough drinking water so that they do not trespass into human habitats.
Speaking to reporters here, the Minister said considering the increasing cases of wild animals like elephants and leopards trespassing into human habitats in the recent times, the government would also take steps to see that the wild animals get enough food.
The government was spending as much as Rs 10.5 crores towards man-animal conflict prevention programmes, he said adding the measures are to check hunting of wild animals, laying of trenches to prevent animals from entering human habitat, putting up of electric fencing, setting up of observation towers etc.
The Minister said steps would be taken to put a brake to unauthorized agricultural activities in forest area. There would be no scope for agriculture in notified forest areas, the minister warned.
