Myagdi, July 1 : Farmers in Myagdi who bore the loss of livestock in wildlife attacks have received a relief amount of Rs 460,000.
The Division Forest Office Myagdi
informed that it had distributed relief amounts to the victims in the fiscal
year 2021/22.
Acting Divisional Forest Officer
Manoj Ranabhat shared that the relief amount was distributed to 50 households who
had to bear the loss of their livestock in the incidents of leopard attacks.
"As per the work procedure set
out by the province government, relief amount was distributed to the farmers
for the loss of 37 goats including castrated goats, seven kids, and six
pigs", he said.
As informed, farmers of Mangala
rural municipality were the hardest hit in the series of leopard attacks.
A public awareness-raising workshop
was also organized to discuss the measures to reduce human-wildlife conflict.
Small ponds have also been constructed in 10 community forests to facilitate water consumption for wildlife, shared Assistant Forest Officer Nar Bahadur Kshetry. (RSS)