Due to the cumbersome relief process, most ordinary people are reluctant to even apply for relief.
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Ram Kumar Rai, 82, of Falelung Rural Municipality-3, Panchthar, was attacked by a bear on December 25, 2078. Rai, who was staying in a cowshed, was seriously injured when the bear attacked him.
The family filed an application with the rural municipality for relief and compensation along with treatment. The rural municipality sent the application to the Division Forest Office in Panchthar. The Forest Office forwarded it to the Wildlife Conservation Department under the Ministry of Forests and Environment.
Ram Kumar's son Dhanman ran to the office four times just to find out whether relief had come or not. 'We got tired of asking whether relief had come or not,' says Dhanman Rai, 'we gave up hope for relief.' In the same year, Tika Nepal of Falelung-5 was also injured by a bear attack.
Bears in the upper reaches of Falelung, Yangwarak and Phidim and in most areas of the district, deer, monkeys and wild boars cause trouble to the locals throughout the year. Incidents of jackals and skunks killing livestock and monkeys destroying crops have become commonplace.
Due to the cumbersome process of relief, most people do not even want to apply for relief. According to Chandra Kumar Barma, who works in the case branch of Division Forest, Panchthar, there have been zero applications related to wildlife damage in the last three years. “Victims have stopped applying recently because the department and ministry have not taken action on previous applications,” says Barma.
