A top-level meeting chaired by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on February 12 (Monday) announced the formation of an inter-State committee comprising Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu officials to mitigate human-wildlife conflict in the Southern States.
Additional Chief Secretaries of the three States, which share contiguous forests, would head the committee. The meeting also tasked the Law and Revenue departments with working with the Advocate General to explore legal options to forcefully deter wild animals that pose an imminent threat to human lives.
Mr. Vijayan said the government would set up a command control centre to diminish wildlife intrusions into human habitations in Wayanad district of Kerala.
