On Saturday night, 25-year-old Ashika Bote, wife of Purna Bote of Belhatta in Bharatpur-23, and their 4-year-old son Bharat Bote were killed at their home by 'Dhurbey', who had come out of Chitwan National Park.
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Chitwan National Park has provided 2 million rupees in compensation to the Bote family, who lost their lives in an attack by the wild elephant ‘Dhurbe’ in Bharatpur, Chitwan.
On Wednesday afternoon, Chief District Officer Ganesh Aryal and Chief Conservation Officer of the park, Dil Bahadur Purja Magar, reached the mourning site at Belhatha, Bharatpur Metropolitan City–23, and handed over a check of 2 million rupees as relief and an additional 100,000 rupees from the National Nature Conservation Fund for funeral expenses, totaling 2.1 million rupees. CDO Aryal and Chief Conservation Officer Purja Magar also expressed their condolences to the Bote family.
Last Saturday night, 25-year-old Ashika Bote, wife of Purna Bote of Belhatha, Bharatpur–23, and their 4-year-old son Bharat Bote were killed at home by ‘Dhurbe’, who had come out of Chitwan National Park. Immediately after, locals led by Ward Chairperson Deepak Dawadi took the bodies to the park headquarters at Kasara Bridge and staged a protest. An immediate four-point agreement was reached between the park administration, people's representatives, and locals to provide relief compensation without delay.
The park provides relief compensation to families who lose members to wildlife attacks after completing certain procedures. However, this time, the park provided relief in just three days, the fastest so far, according to Chief Conservation Officer Magar. He said, “The incident should not have happened, but we were alert about how to solve the problem. In the past, it took us a long time to complete all the procedures to provide relief. But this time, by expediting all the paperwork, we were able to approve the payment order and provide relief within three days.”
Magar said that rather than considering receiving relief as a big deal, it is now time for everyone to be vigilant to prevent such incidents from happening.
Chief Conservation Officer Magar stated that, as per the agreement with the park, they are committed to helping the deceased’s family build a house and will provide necessary support as soon as the land is finalized.
Chief District Officer Aryal thanked the park administration for providing relief quickly, focusing on the accident rather than other bureaucratic procedures. He emphasized the need to ensure sustainable and safe housing for the affected family. He stressed that everyone should work to end the situation where families who lose members to wild animal attacks have to seek relief.
Ward Chairperson Deepak Dawadi said that funds are being collected from various organizations and individuals to build a house for the affected family and that everyone’s support is needed. “So far, 500,000 rupees have been collected from government relief. We are working on building a sustainable and well-managed house and are working to gather more support,” said Ward Chairperson Dawadi.
Bharatpur Metropolitan City has also handed over 400,000 rupees in support to the Bote family as relief.
