Bhubaneswar, Jan. 18 -- The Odisha forest department on Wednesday submitted an affidavit in the Orissa High Court detailing the action plan for protection of elephants in the State.

A bench comprising Chief Justice S Muralidhar and Justice Murahari Sri Raman conducted the hearing in this case today.

During the hearing, Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF) Manoj V. Nair filed the affidavit enclosing the 'Comprehensive action plan for conservation of elephants and mitigation of human-elephant conflict in Odisha.'

Nair, who appeared online, explained that the report contains an executive summary along with action points under a '10-pillar strategy'.

The CCF took the court through the important aspects of the report which deals, inter alia,...