<p>Mudigere BJP MLA M P Kumaraswamy on Thursday asked the government to carry out foeticide to curb elephant population. </p>.<p>He was raising the issue of elephants causing losses to life and property.</p>.<p>"Let's kill the foetuses and stop their population. Because it feels like the government wants people to be ready to die in exchange for compensation," Kumaraswamy said. </p>.<p>Replying on behalf of the government, Labour Minister Shivaram Hebbar said the government will not kill foetuses. “There’s no such proposal before us,” he said. </p>.<p>"The government has already announced that compensation for deaths caused by elephants will be hiked from Rs 7.5 lakh to Rs 15 lakh," Hebbar said. </p>.<p>The minister said a special team has been formed to nab one "troublesome" elephant named as 'Mudigere Bhaira'. “The Forest department has started using radio collars on elephants to track their movement,” he said.</p>.<p>The government has earmarked Rs 100 crore to construct fences on railway crossings to keep elephants away from human habitats in Hassan, Chikmagalur and Kodagu districts, Hebbar pointed out.</p>.<p>Hanur MLA R Narendra said his Chamarajanagar district already has 1,000 elephants. “As if that wasn’t enough, all rescued elephants are being dropped off in our district,” he said.</p>.<p>Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri quipped that monkeys from all over the state are let into his Sirsi constituency. “Wild animals are causing huge losses to farmers. The government should constitute a high-level committee comprising experts to see what can be done,” he said. </p>
<p>Mudigere BJP MLA M P Kumaraswamy on Thursday asked the government to carry out foeticide to curb elephant population. </p>.<p>He was raising the issue of elephants causing losses to life and property.</p>.<p>"Let's kill the foetuses and stop their population. Because it feels like the government wants people to be ready to die in exchange for compensation," Kumaraswamy said. </p>.<p>Replying on behalf of the government, Labour Minister Shivaram Hebbar said the government will not kill foetuses. “There’s no such proposal before us,” he said. </p>.<p>"The government has already announced that compensation for deaths caused by elephants will be hiked from Rs 7.5 lakh to Rs 15 lakh," Hebbar said. </p>.<p>The minister said a special team has been formed to nab one "troublesome" elephant named as 'Mudigere Bhaira'. “The Forest department has started using radio collars on elephants to track their movement,” he said.</p>.<p>The government has earmarked Rs 100 crore to construct fences on railway crossings to keep elephants away from human habitats in Hassan, Chikmagalur and Kodagu districts, Hebbar pointed out.</p>.<p>Hanur MLA R Narendra said his Chamarajanagar district already has 1,000 elephants. “As if that wasn’t enough, all rescued elephants are being dropped off in our district,” he said.</p>.<p>Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri quipped that monkeys from all over the state are let into his Sirsi constituency. “Wild animals are causing huge losses to farmers. The government should constitute a high-level committee comprising experts to see what can be done,” he said. </p>
