Shivamogga, Feb. 28 -- Minister for Forest, Ecology, and Environment Eshwar Khandre, has announced the establishment of an elephant camp in the Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary to mitigate the human-elephant conflict in the regions of Hassan, Chikkamagaluru, and Shivamogga.

He was speaking at a programme organised to mark the silver jubilee celebrations of Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary included under the Tiger Project, at Kuvempu University campus in Shivamogga recently. "We will set up an elephant camp in Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary, where trained elephants will be housed. If the camp is ready, we need not to bring the trained elephants from Mysuru or Kodagu districts for elephant operations, if any," he said.

To address this issue, a proposal has ...