State’s first Elephant training centre inaugurated in Kalahandi: Odisha Forest Minister Ganesh Ram Singh Khuntia on Friday inaugurated the state’s first elephant training centre at Simelpadar in Kalahandi district. This will be a progressive leap forward in wildlife protection and conservation efforts.
The facility has been established in the Karlapat region, a key elephant corridor in the state. This will help forest officials to track elephant movement and address the growing challenges arising from human-elephant interactions.
The minister inaugurated the centre during his visit to Kalahandi as part of the BJP government’s two year celebrations. The region has witnessed frequent elephant movement and incidents of conflict in recent years. The training centre is expected to assist in monitoring elephant behaviour and developing strategies to reduce both human-elephant and elephant-elephant conflicts officials said.
the minister also inaugurated a wildlife monitoring tower in the area to strengthen surveillance and improve protection measures for wild animals. Officials expressed hope that the new initiatives would contribute significantly to wildlife conservation outcomes in the Karlapat landscape, which remains one of the important habitats for elephants in the region.
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