MP Dangi informed that an action plan has been developed to include the Armed Police Force, Nepal Police, and Armed Forest Guards in the 'Special Task Force' and that the Chief District Officer himself will mobilize it.
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A 'Special Task Force' is to be mobilized in the district to protect the lives and property of the general public from wild elephants.
The process of forming a 'Special Task Force' has been moved forward under the direction of the Prime Minister's Office, informed Nisha Dangi, a member of the House of Representatives from Jhapa Constituency No. 1. 'The Prime Minister's Office has already asked the concerned bodies to move forward with the process on Wednesday,' she said, 'Now the Chief District Officer will make the necessary coordination for the mobilization of the Special Task Force.'
After 62-year-old Padma Poudel died in an elephant attack in her own yard in Mechinagar Municipality-4 last week, locals have been demanding that the government take immediate remedial steps to protect lives and property. After the same incident, MP Dangi and National Assembly member Roshni Meche had raised their voices in Parliament demanding that the government take concrete steps to control wild elephants and protect the lives and property of the citizens.
MP Dangi informed that the ‘Special Task Force’ will include the Armed Police Force, Nepal Police and Armed Forest Guards and its mobilization will be done by the Chief District Officer himself. It is said that the force will be deployed in the border area of Bahundangi in Mechinagar, which is considered an elephant entry point. In that area, a herd of 30 to 100 wild elephants have been entering Nepal from Assam and West Bengal, India, across the international border.
Since there is no wildlife reserve, the process of directly mobilizing security personnel for elephant control is not easy. The Armed Police Force and Nepal Police are under the federal government, while the Armed Forest Guards are under the provincial government.
It is not yet clear how many security personnel will be mobilized in the ‘Special Task Force’. MP Dangi said that 50 security personnel have been demanded. 'Since experienced and trained security personnel need to be mobilized to control elephants, there are suggestions that a 'Special Task Force' should be mobilized, even if it is initially at least 10 people,' she said.
Locals are excited by the news that a 'Special Task Force' will be mobilized in Mechinagar. Arjun Karki, Ward Chairman of Mechinagar Municipality-4, said that the news that the Nepal government will mobilize security personnel to protect the lives and property of the general public is welcome.
The then Bahundangi Village Development Committee Chairman, Neelkantha Tiwari, says that the government should move forward with a concrete action plan to prevent elephant herds from entering from Indian territory and to make the locals feel safe.
