JHAPA, March 29: The victims of wild elephant attacks in Jhapa have complained of not getting any help for a long time. However, the Division Forest Office has said that it is making efforts to provide them with financial support.
Five hundred and thirty-three families who have suffered losses since July of the current fiscal year have not received any relief so far despite several requests.
Archana Puri, information officer of the Division Forest Office, Jhapa, said that a request has been made through the Directorate of Forests in Dharan to provide relief amount of Rs 12.6 million to the victims. She said that the office has requested relief money for 321 families in the first phase and 212 families in the second phase. So far, the relief amount has not been received.
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"We keep getting calls from the victims asking about the relief money. We are assuring the victims that they will soon get it," she said. As of October 19, over Rs 5.8 million has been requested in relief for 321 victim families, and Rs over 6.8 million for 212 more people on February 12.
Of the requested relief, Rs 5 million is for the five dead, Rs 851 thousand and 892 is for the seven injured, Rs 10 thousand is for a cattle killed in an elephant attack, Rs 2.5 million 49 thousand and 700 is for the compensation of the damage caused to various households and Rs 689 thousand and 600 is for the loss of stored grains.
Similarly, the compensation requested for the damage caused by the elephants to crops is Rs 3 million 548 thousand and two hundred, according to the Division Forest Office.
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