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Wednesday, Jun 11, 2025
UDF MLAs organised a protest march to the forest minister's house on Tuesday morning.
The forest department has started mike announcement in the region warning people to be alert and also not to step out till the operation is over.
While the RRT could track the signals from the radio collar, the elephant kept shifting its location.
It was while responding to an adjournment motion moved by Kalpetta MLA T Siddique that the minister made two improper comments.
The elephant remained in the depths of the forest, which made it difficult for the darting experts to shoot it. The mission will resume on Tuesday.
District collector Renu Raj issued an order regarding this on Sunday night after the mission to capture wild elephant Belur Makhna failed.
Farmers Relief Forum (FRF), a farmers’ outfit in Wayanad, called for a ‘hartal’ by conscience in Wayanad on Tuesday in protest against the failure of the forest department and the state government to protect the farmers of the district.
The forest department will resume the operation to tranquillize the killer elephant on Monday at 5.30 am.
There was serious lethargy on the part of Karnataka's top forest officials in tracking technology transfer including sharing tracking passwords and user ID, exclusive tracking gadgets and frequency details of the problem elephant Belur Makhna to the Kerala counterparts despite repeated requests.
The Forest Minister was talking to the media on the sidelines of the high-level meeting convened to discuss the failure of the forest dept in tracking Belur Makana and the alleged lack of inter-state coordination.
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