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Pawan Kalyan orders drone surveillance for wild elephants near Tirupati

Pawan Kalyan orders drone surveillance for wild elephants near Tirupati
Pawan Kalyan orders drone surveillance to track wild elephants near Tirupati, directs night patrols and village alerts · thestatesman.com

Some wild elephants are living near a big forest in India.

They have been walking into farm fields at night.

When they walk through the fields, they damage the crops that farmers grow for food.

A leader named Pawan Kalyan helps take care of the forests in his state.

He asked forest workers to use drones to watch the elephants.

Drones are flying cameras that can see where the elephants are going.

He also asked workers to warn people in nearby villages with loudspeakers and phone messages.

Villagers are told not to go to the fields at night so they stay safe.

Special teams called HANUMAN teams will help protect people, and farmers whose crops are damaged will get money to help pay for the loss.

Pawan Kalyan also said that trained elephants called Kumki elephants have helped reduce accidents by 70 percent.

Key facts

Official
Pawan Kalyan, Deputy Chief Minister and Forest and Environment Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Location
Erravaripalem near Chandragiri, Tirupati district, Andhra Pradesh
Elephant source
Seshachalam forest area, two herds
Key measures
Drone surveillance, night patrols, loudspeaker and mobile message alerts
Coordinating departments
Forest, Revenue and Police
Special teams
HANUMAN teams deployed where needed
Compensation
Immediate payment for crop losses after Forest Department damage reports
Kumki elephants impact
Reduced human fatalities in forest-fringe areas by 70 percent

Quotes

Pawan Kalyan

Deputy Chief Minister and Forest Minister of Andhra Pradesh

“‘HANUMAN’ teams are to be deployed wherever needed.”
thestatesman.com

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