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DS Srivastava, wildlife biologist and former member of the Jharkhand State Wildlife Board, said that the Central Indian elephant, also known as the Central Indian elephant Mayurbhanji The elephant is now looking for new homes in states like Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
“The Mayurbhanji elephant, which is native to Mayurbhanj in Odisha, Singhbhum in Jharkhand and Purulia in West Bengal, had its home ranges in Dalma, Saranda, Sambalpur, Seraikela Kharsawan and Similipal areas of Odisha, Jharkhand and West Bengal. This population was disturbed due to heavy iron ore mining and other development activities in these areas,” he said.
With the aim of providing financial and technical assistance to elephant range states for the protection of elephants, the Government of India launched in 1991 project elephantThe main objectives of the plan included the protection of elephants, their habitats and corridors, resolution of human-animal conflict issues and the welfare of captive elephants.
The responsibility for the implementation of Project Elephant rests with the Steering Committee headed by the Union Environment Minister. The committee includes government representatives as well as non-government wildlife experts and scientists. Other committees include the Captive Elephant Health Care and Welfare Committee and the Central Project Elephant Monitoring Committee.
While details of Proceeding The fifth Central Project Elephant Monitoring Committee meeting on March 6, 2023 revealed that the sample collection exercise for 2022 elephant population estimation is currently underway, An interim copy of the census reportAccessed by Indian ExpressIt was revealed that the number of tuskers in Jharkhand dropped to 217 in 2022-23 – a 68% decline from the 2017 numbers.
About 90 km from Murmu’s home in Rasuniya, a narrow road passes through the Musabani forest in East Singhbhum district, leading to a village called Upperbanda.
Residents of this village regularly visit the graves of five elephants who were electrocuted in November 2023 after coming in contact with a 33 kilovolt wire in the forest area bordering their farms. The herd consisted of two calves and three adult elephants.
“We come here once or twice a week and pray to the elephant gods to protect our families,” said Sheela Devi, 50. spendThe residents of the village believe that the death of elephants can bring bad luck to the village.
At the time of death due to electrocution, the then Divisional Forest Officer Mamta Priyadarshi had ordered an investigation.
