Vijayawada: Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan announced that the NDA government has fulfilled its polls by increasing economic relief to fishermen during the fishing ban. The amount has been raised from the first Rs 10,000 to Rs 20,000, benefiting from Rs 1.29 crore, totaling Rs 2.59 crore.
Deputy CM expressed gratitude to Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu for the decision ensuring that fishermen who rely on fishing as their primary source of livelihoods are protected during the two-month ban. Pawan Kalyan announced that in addition to economic relief, the government is considering providing alternative sources of employment to fishermen who have moved to work during the ban.
In another development, the Deputy CM instructed the Chief Conservator of Forests to use state-of-the-art technology to establish special working groups to track elephant movements. The team will include an elephant tracker to prevent Pachelms from injuring villagers or destroying crops. Therefore, it has been established by DFO Tirupati, P. The Vivek-led task force, a flight squad consisting of DFOs composed of officials from Tirupati, Chittoor, Pileru and Forest Range, has been deployed to monitor elephant movements.
Pawan Kalyan said a tenant farmer in the attack on an elephant in Chinnagottigallu, Tirupati area, recently passed away, as well as a group of elephants destroying the Padala Mandal in Ganugapenta. He held a conference call with the forest officials concerned, took stock of the situation and directed them to take steps to resolve the issue.
