“The state government has mooted a plan to put up a fence with electric current at the Maharashtra, Goa-Karnataka border to overcome the increasing menace of elephants in the state. ” - The Times of India
“Goa’s forest department is likely to seek the centre’s intervention and put the ball in its court after yet another attempt to push the elephants into Maharashtra failed and they came face to face with the harsh reality. ” - The Times of India
“Maharashtra and Goa are holding Karnataka accountable for the elephant migration. They claim their crops are being damaged and want Karnataka to control the pachyderms. The problem has assumed such serious proportions that a series of high-level official meetings have taken place between Karnataka and Maharashtra. Six months ago, Maharashtra additional chief secretary held a meeting with then Karnataka forest secretary Sudhakar Rao. ” - The Times of India
“Battery as well as solar panel-operated electrical fence, elephant protection trenches (EPT), watchtowers along the Goa-Maharashtra border area, pair of a male-female tamed elephants and an elephant camp at Pernem are some of the medium-term as well as long-term measures to be taken up by the forest department to control the wild elephants creating nuisance in the Northernmost part of Goa.” - Navhind Times
“After being pushed a few yards into the other side of the border into Maharashtra, the skies opened up at around 10.30 pm much to the relief of the four elephants, including a tusker. ” - The Times of India
“Considering the recent attacks by wild elephants in the Chandgad district of Kolhapur, the chief ministers and forest ministers of Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka are scheduled to meet in Delhi on February 15. A committee under the chairmanship of State revenue minister Narayan Rane will also review crop damage compensation rates. At present, it is a paltry Rs 20 for crops on one guntha of land.” - Cites Express India
