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Fw: Jogi govt sends Barua packing

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" Melissa Groo " <melgroo

Friday, March 14, 2003 12:17 AM

Jogi govt sends Barua packing

 

 

> Melissa Groo

> Save the Elephants News Service Researcher

> melgroo

> -----

> Jogi govt sends Barua packing

> Indian Express

> Ashwani Sharma

> March 12, 2003

>

> Raipur: Following the controversy over the death of a male tusker

captured

> by her, the Chhattisgarh government has cancelled its Rs 36-lakh contract

> with Parbati Barua. The world-famous woman elephant catcher leaves her

> six-month-long operation to catch wild tuskers in the state midway.

>

> The state had been facing questions from the Union Ministry of

Environment

> and Forests ever since the death of Basant Bahadur, captured by Barua's

team

> in Jaspur district of Chhattisgarh.

>

> However, the government will not be imposing a penalty on Barua for the

> death of the tusker. Instead, Barua has been paid Rs 6 lakh as expenses

for

> bringing her team and camping in the area for the operation and asked to

> wind it up.

>

> The state is also doing a rethink on the idea of catching the tuskers,

which

> have killed at least 34 people in the state in the past three years. Now

it

> is exploring possibilities of instead pushing them back into Orissa and

> Jharkhand.

>

> ''After Barua leaves, we will launch a new operation, in a week or 10

days,

> under the guidance of Project Elephant,'' Chief Wildlife Warden Anoop

Bhalla

> told The Indian Express today.

>

> Bhalla confirmed that there were at least 14 to 17 elephants in the area

> which had caused a huge damage to crops and properties in Jaspur, Raigarh

> and Korba districts. A high-level team led by Director, Project Elephant,

> S.S. Bisht has already visited Jaspur and Raigarh areas and offered

> suggestions on the problem.

>

> Bhalla, who accompanied the team, said a proposal for financial and

> technical assistance is being sent to the Centre.

>

> Because of her expertise and repute, Barua had been assigned the task of

> catching the rogue tuskers and domesticating them by the Chhattisgarh

> government. However, the slow and tortuous death of one of the elephants

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> captured on camera by an associate of Green Oscar-winner Mike Pandey -

> during training sessions at Barua's base camp changed everything.

>

> Local villagers, who had earlier complained about the damage to their

crops

> , regret what happened to Basant Bahadur. ''The elephant had stopped

eating

> and drinking. The injuries on his body and the blood oozing out of them

were

> a painful sight,'' says Karam Chand, a local sarpanch. Union Minister of

> State for Forests and Environment Dilip Singh Judeo, who hails from

Jaspur,

> has asked for a detailed report from the state.

>

> -----

> For further information on elephants please see Save the Elephants' web

site

> at http://www.savetheelephants.org

>

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