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Early Times Report
Srinagar: It is hard to believe but there are only 217 employees working for the state wildlife protection department which in the contemporary times have been assigned the task of preserving and protecting the dwindling but precious wildlife of the state.
Sources told that there were 235 employees with the state wildlife protection department until last year but with seventeen of them attaining the age of superannuation, the number has reduced to 217 only.
Ironically, sources said that no process has been issued by the state government to replace even those who retired from their service recently.
Pertinently, the state has seen a spurt in incidents that either led to the downfall of wild animals or denizens of the state.
Officials told that from March last year to March 2009, there were 185 attacks by the wild animals on Human population. While 167 persons among them are still finding hard to come to terms with life again after the attacks, 17 persons were killed.
At the same time, sources said nine black bears and two leopards were also killed.
Sources further said that 95 percent of the attacks have taken place in outside forest protected areas while the department distributed compensation of Rs 17 lakh and 11 thousands in favour of the people getting killed and injured in these attacks.
When contacted the Minister for forests, Mian Altaf, he said that a proposal in this regard has been sent to central government for approval.
“We have sent a proposal to central government for strengthening the staff,” Mian Altaf, told .
He admitted that the department of wildlife is facing acute shortage of manpower and as a result several projects had to suffer.
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