Guwahati, July 10 -- With the incidents of human-elephant conflict growing, the Assam cabinet has approved the proposal for the implementation of the Gaja Mitra Scheme in the eight most human-elephant conflict prone districts namely - Goalpara, Udalguri, Nagaon, Baksa, Sonitpur, Golaghat, Jorhat and Biswanath.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said this after a cabinet meeting today and added that the government has proposed to form a community-based voluntary monitoring and rapid response team in the affected villages.
"Each team would consist of eight members from the local community in 80 locations for a period of six months during which the human-conflict is at peak and coincides with the paddy cultivation season," said the c...